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ISC CENSUS AND ANNUAL REPORT 2019

ISC SCHOOLS: LOCATION, TYPE, STRUCTURE AND SIZE
PUPIL NUMBERS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
SINGLE-SEX AND CO-EDUCATION
BOARDING
MOVEMENTS BETWEEN SECTORS
SEND
ETHNICITY
INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT: NON-BRITISH PUPILS AND OVERSEAS CAMPUSES
SCHOOL FEES
BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
PUBLIC BENEFIT
TEACHING STAFF
ISC EXAM RESULTS
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
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This report is based on a survey carried out in January 2019. All 1,364 schools in UK membership
of the constituent associations of ISC (“ISC schools”) completed the survey.

Appendix One gives a snapshot of ISC schools as they were in January 2019. Appendix Two shows
comparative figures for the schools that completed the Census in both 2018 and 2019 and is
therefore the best guide for annual change.

ISC’s constituent associations are: the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
(AGBIS), the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference
(HMC), the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS), the Independent Schools Association
(ISA), the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) and The Society of Heads (SofH).

Four associations are affiliate members of ISC: the Council of British International Schools (COBIS),
the Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA), the Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) and
the Welsh Independent Schools Council (WISC).

The Society of Heads was previously known as the Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses
of Independent Schools and was referred to as SHMIS in Censuses up to 2011.

The ISC Research Team would like to thank all participating schools for
the considerable time taken to complete the Census and to check returns,
particularly during the busy start of the spring term and when other Census
completions are required.

ISC Research & Intelligence Team

Donna Stevens (Head of Research)
Jonathan Parkes
Shun-Kai Chan
Shun-Yue Chan

Design and layout: Tom Forge @ DesignForge.ink

tom@designforge.ink

Printing: Lazervision Ltd, Kent, BR2 6DQ

CONTENTS
Foreword 2
Executive Summary 3
ISC Schools 5
Location 5
Type 6 of ISC associations
Structure 7
Size 7
Pupil Numbers 8
By Region 8
Single-sex and Co-education 9
Boarders 10
Movement Between Sectors 12
SEND 13
Ethnicity 14
International Footprint 15
Non-British Pupils 15
Overseas Schools 17
School Fees 18
Scholarships and Bursaries 20
Public Benefit 22
Economic Impact 24
Teaching Staff 25
ISC Exam Results 26
Entrance to Higher Education 28
Fig 1. School location and pupil density 5
Fig 2. ISC school membership 6
Fig 3. ISC school structures 7
Fig 4. Mean school size by type of school 7
Fig 5. ISC pupil numbers since 1974 (key 8
milestones) UK universities: Top 20
Fig 6. Annual growth in pupil numbers 8
by region (like-for-like)
Fig 7. Girls as a percentage of all pupils 9
Fig 8. Proportion of year groups that are 9
entirely boys, entirely girls, or
are co-educational
Fig 9. Boarders at ISC schools 2000-2019 10
Fig 10. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 10
Fig 11. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 11
by region
Fig 12. Full, weekly and flexi boarding 11
by year group
Fig 13. New pupils breakdown 12
Fig 14. Proportion of all school-age children in 12
England attending an ISC school by age
Fig 15. SEND pupils 13
Fig 16. Ethnicity of ISC pupils (2019) 14
Fig 17. Ethnicity comparisons for schools 14
in England: number of pupils and
% share (2018)
Fig 18. Ethnicity of ISC pupils by region (2019) 14
Fig 19. Non-British pupils at ISC schools 15
Fig 20. Nationality of non-British pupils 16
at ISC schools
Fig 21. Number of non-British pupils whose 17
parents live overseas from selected
countries at ISC schools: 2007-2019
Fig 22. Location of overseas campuses 17
of ISC schools
Fig 23. Overseas schools in membership 17
Fig 24. School fees (excluding nursery fees) 18
Fig 25. Fee increases since 2000 (like-for-like) 18
Fig 26. Fee increases by region (like-for-like) 19
Fig 27. Fee distribution in day schools 19
Fig 28. Contributions to fees ranked by total 20
value of assistance (annual) to non-UK universities
Fig 29. Proportion of pupils receiving fee 20
assistance: 2000-2019
Fig 30. Distribution of means-tested bursaries 21
and means-tested scholarships
Fig 31. Trends in means-tested bursaries and 21
scholarships versus non-means-tested
scholarships at ISC schools (2011-2019)
Fig 32. Partnerships with local state schools 23
Fig 33. Breakdown of facilities at ISC schools 22
Fig 34. Number of state schools and state pupils 22
benefiting from partnership activities
Fig 35. The impact of Independent schools 24
on the UK economy Table 1b. Changes to pupil numbers 44
Fig 36. Teacher numbers and pupil-teacher 25
ratio Table 2. Changes to pupil numbers by age 45
Fig 37. Teaching assistant numbers 25
Fig 38. A-level entries as a proportion of all entries 26
Fig 39. Proportion A*/A grades in England 26
Fig 40. Proportion 9-7 (GCSE) grades in England 27
Fig 41. Key statistics for IB 27
Fig 42. Higher education destination summary 28
Fig 43. Destination of ISC pupils attending 28
Fig 44. Destination of ISC pupils going 29
to non-UK universities: Countries
Fig 45. Destination of ISC pupils going to 29
non-UK universities: Top 10
Appendix One: Non-Comparative Tables 30
Table 1a. School and pupil numbers by association 30
Table 1b. School and pupil numbers by association 30
(further breakdown)
Table 1c. School and pupil numbers 31
by category of school
Table 2. Pupil numbers by age 31
Table 3. Pupil numbers by year group 32
Table 4. New pupil numbers by year group 32
Table 5. Pupil numbers by region 33
Table 6. Fees by region (including nursery fees) 33
Table 7. Fees by age group 34
(including nursery fees)
Table 8a. Contributions to fees: senior, 34
mixed-age and junior schools
Table 8b. Contributions to fees: single-sex 34
and co-educational schools
Table 8c. Contributions to fees: 35
day and boarding schools
Table 9. Total number of non-British pupils 35
whose parents live overseas
Table 10. Total number of non-British pupils 36
whose parents live in the UK
Table 11. New non-British pupils
whose parents live overseas 37
Table 12. New non-British pupils
whose parents live in the UK 38
Table 13. British pupils with parents 38
living overseas
Table 14. Destination of post-18 school leavers 39
Table 15. Destination of pupils going 39
Table 16. Size of schools 40
Table 17. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 41
Table 18. Boys as a percentage of all pupils 41
Table 19. Teacher numbers 42
Table 20. Teaching assistant numbers 42
Table 21. Pupil-teacher ratios 42
Table 22. Changes to full-time teachers 43
Table 23. SEND pupils 43
Appendix Two: Comparative Tables 44
Table 1a. Changes to pupil numbers 44
by association
by category of school
Table 3. Changes to pupil numbers 46
by year group
Table 4. Changes to new pupil numbers 47
by year group
Table 5. Changes to pupil numbers by region 48
Table 6. Changes to fees by region 49
Table 7. Changes to fees by school type 49
and age group
Table 8a. Changes to contributions to fees: 50
senior, mixed-age and junior schools
Table 8b. Changes to contributions to fees: 51
single-sex and co-educational schools
Table 8c. Changes to contributions to fees: 52
day and boarding schools
Table 9. Changes to non-British pupils 53
whose parents live overseas
Table 10. Changes to new non-British pupils 54
whose parents live overseas
Table 11. Changes to British pupils with parents 55
living overseas
Table 12. Changes to teacher numbers 55
Table 13. Changes to teaching assistant numbers 56
Table 14. Changes to pupil-teacher ratios 57
Table 15. Changes to full-time teachers 58
Table 16. Changes to new non-British pupils 59
whose parents live in the UK
Table 17. Changes to non-British pupils 60
whose parents live in the UK
Appendix Three: ISC Regions
Fig 1. ISC English Regions IBC
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Foreword

This Census is a rigorous data collection exercise. All Independent Schools Council

schools complete the Census, for which we are most grateful. Around half of UK
independent schools are ISC schools, educating about 80% of all independent
school children – so this data gives a good idea of general trends across the sector.

The purpose of this Census is to give us the information we need to understand the
true picture of our schools, which counters the commonly held stereotype so often
portrayed to the public.

The number of pupils in ISC schools continues to rise. More and more receive
fee assistance, widening access. Independent schools continue to offer forms
of education which are thin on the ground in the state sector, such as single-sex
schools (up from last year), boarding, special needs schools and those with an
emphasis on music and dance or cathedral choirs. Most of our schools are small
schools serving their local community, but some draw pupils from across the world.

The picture this year is one of schools which are, on average, in good health in a
challenging climate. They are popular because they ensure excellent pastoral care,
effective character education and the development of soft skills such as confidence
and resilience, and achieve outstanding academic results. The sector includes
schools that are more affordable than you might expect and many continue to
increase the amount provided in means-tested bursaries. The great majority are in
partnerships with state schools, working together as part of our diverse education
system to create learning opportunities for all involved.

At a time of such turbulence nationally, it is reassuring to find that our schools

remain strong – as they have been for many hundreds of years.

Barnaby Lenon, Chairman

Independent Schools Council
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Executive Summary

1. CONTROLLED FEE INCREASES AND INCREASING AMOUNT OF FEE ASSISTANCE,

PARTICULARLY MEANS-TESTED FEE ASSISTANCE
• Average fee increases this year were 3.7%.
• There appears to have been a conscious effort by schools over the last 10 years
to control fees. Since 2010 fee increases have averaged 3.9%. Between 2000
and 2010 they averaged 6.6%.
• The number of pupils in receipt of fee assistance has increased by 3%, but the numbers
of pupils receiving free places where all fees are paid has increased by 5%.
• 6,169 pupils paid no fees at all, 306 more than last year.
• In total, more than £1 billion was provided in fee assistance. More than £800m
came directly from ISC schools and approximately half was allocated through
a means-tested process.

2. HIGHEST NUMBER OF PUPILS AT ISC SCHOOLS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1974

• There are now a record 536,109 pupils at 1,364 ISC member schools, up
from 529,164 in 2018.
• At the 1,307 schools completing the Census in both 2018 and 2019, pupil numbers
have risen by 0.1%.
• Within different subsets of pupils there were:
• 28,910 overseas pupils equating to 5.4% of all pupils (or 4.8% of pupils if we exclude
UK based international schools). These are the same proportions as last year.
• 132,638 pupils attending single-sex schools, equating to 24.7% of all pupils.
This is marginally higher than last year.
• 84,293 pupils identified as having SEND, equating to 15.7% of all pupils,
marginally higher than last year.
• Increases in the proportion of minority ethnic pupils, reflecting general population
trends (from 33.4% last year to 33.8% this year).
• Variations regionally, with some areas experiencing increases in pupil numbers
and others reductions in pupil numbers.

3. THE BOARDING LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING, REFLECTING CHANGING PARENTAL

PREFERENCES
• There were 69,155 boarding pupils on Census day – 17th January 2019.
• If we consider pupils that boarded at any point during the spring term 2019,
there were 72,912 boarders.
• Whilst full boarding remains the most popular boarding pattern, there has been a shift
in recent years to weekly and flexi boarding. The proportion of weekly and flexi boarders
has increased for 3 consecutive years. In 2016, 15.7% of boarders were weekly or flexi
boarders. This year that stands at 17.9%.
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4. DESPITE FEWER THAN 50% OF ISC SCHOOLS BEING ACADEMICALLY SELECTIVE,

ISC PUPILS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORM THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL AVERAGES
ACADEMICALLY
• For example:
• More than 50% of independent schools’ entries for A-level chemistry were awarded
an A* or A compared with less than 30% of state entries in the UK.
• Proportionately, nearly four times as many ISC pupils gained 40 points in
the International Baccalaureate compared with the worldwide average.
• At GCSE, the proportion of entries at grades 9-7 for independent schools was double
that of state-funded schools for both French and German.
• The majority (54%) of ISC pupils continue to a Russell Group university.

5. UK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE PROUD OF THEIR GLOBAL OUTLOOK AND ABILITY

TO COMPETE ON A GLOBAL SCALE
• There are 28,910 pupils at ISC schools whose parents live overseas. Whilst this is only
a small proportion of all pupils (5.4% or 4.8% excluding UK based international schools),
ISC schools welcome the cultural diversity these pupils bring.
• Non-British pupils also contribute disproportionately to the UK economy, contributing
£1.8bn to GDP, supporting 39,310 jobs and generating half a billion pounds in tax revenue.
• An increasing number of ISC schools operate campuses overseas, educating 39,616 pupils.
• Whilst the majority of ISC pupils study at UK universities, over 1,700 ISC pupils choose
to study overseas in 463 different overseas institutions.
• This year, 457 teachers from outside the UK came to teach in ISC schools.
• ISC pupils perform significantly better in the International Baccalaureate compared
with the worldwide average (see point 4 above).

6. ISC SCHOOLS APPEAR TO BE EXPANDING THEIR PUBLIC BENEFIT ACTIVITIES

• ISC schools engage in a wide range of partnerships with state schools, which include
reading with younger pupils, preparing A-level pupils for Higher Education, sharing
facilities and seconding teaching staff.
• Overall there has been an increase in partnership activity this year compared with last
year. 11,466 partnerships were recorded this year, compared with 10,553 last year.
• Beyond partnerships with state schools, between £10m and £15m was raised for charities
at ISC schools this year and 901 ISC schools organise volunteering opportunities for their
staff and / or pupils.
• A recent study by Oxford Economics reported that independent schools save the tax
payer £3.5bn, generate a further £4.1bn in tax revenues, contribute £13.7bn in GDP
and support 302,910 jobs.
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ISC Schools: Location, School Type, Structure and Size

Fig 1. School location and pupil density

Map 1 relates to ISC schools only and covers all of the UK (ISC data 2019). Map 2 illustrates pupil density1 for all independent schools, but is confined to
England and Wales only (DfE and Welsh Government data 2019). Map 3 shows a detailed breakdown of pupil density1 in London.

Map 1. ISC schools in all of the UK (ISC data 2019).

Map 2. This map shows the pupil density1 in England

and Wales broken down by local authority. Equivalent
figures are not available for other parts of the UK.

Map 3. A detailed breakdown of pupil density1 in London.

1
Proportion of school-age children that are educated independently.
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Fig 2. ISC school membership

This page illustrates the number of schools in ISC membership by school type. We have categorised the schools by
Fig 2. ISC school membership
their pupils’ age, gender and whether they have day or boarding pupils and each school is counted in one (and only
one) category for each type. This page also reconciles changes in membership between 2018 and 2019.
This page illustrates the number of schools in ISC membership by school type. We have categorised the schools by their pupils’ age, gender and
whether they have day or boarding pupils and each school is counted in one (and only one) category for each type. This page also reconciles
changes in membership between 2018 and 2019.

Age 1,364 total number of schools

251 Senior schools
Schools where all pupils are in Year 7 and above

Year 7
251
Nursery
Year 13
645 Senior
schools
Junior
468 Mixed-age schools schools
All other schools with mixed age ranges

Nursery Year 13

645 Junior schools 468

Mixed-age
Schools where all pupils are in Year 8 and below schools

Year 8
Nursery Year 13

Gender

1,086 Co-ed schools

Schools that do not fall into either the category of 112
boys’ or girls’ schools Boys’
schools

166 Girls’ schools

Schools with no boys in year groups above nursery 1,086
Co-ed schools
112 Boys’ schools
166
Schools with no girls in year groups above nursery
Girls’
schools

Day/Boarding

891 Day schools

Schools that have no boarders

891
473 Boarding.schools Day schools 473
Schools that have at least one boarding pupil Boarding
schools

Changing Membership
Since last year’s Census, where 1,326 schools were in membership of the constituent associations: 17 schools left, 53 schools joined,
4 schools consolidated records with affiliated schools to form 2 schools for Census reporting, and 3 schools demerged to form 7
schools for Census reporting. There are therefore 1,364 schools in membership this year, 1,307 of which participated in both the 2018
and 2019 Census. The figures from these schools make up the table in Appendix Two for an accurate comparison of the sector.
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ISC Schools: Location, School Type, Structure and Size

Figure 1 clearly illustrates that the majority of ISC schools are ways too. For example, 49% of ISC schools are selective, 51%
located in southern England; indeed, 52% of ISC schools are not. Another way we might categorise schools is in relation
are located in London, the South East and South Central. to charitable status – 74% of ISC schools hold charitable status,
Of all independent schools in England (ISC and non-ISC 26% do not. Note, this represents a slight drop from last year
schools), 48% are located in these regions, educating 54% where 75% of schools held charitable status.
of all independent school pupils.
Figure 2 shows that ISC schools are more likely to be junior
Figure 2 categorises ISC schools into three main types – by age schools than senior or mixed-age schools, they are more likely
range, by gender and by day/boarding. These are the categories to be co-educational schools than single-sex and more likely
that are used most frequently throughout this report. It is worth to be day schools as opposed to boarding schools. Figure 3
noting, however, that ISC schools could be categorised in other illustrates the difficulties in categorising independent schools
neatly owing to their differing structures.
Fig 3. ISC school structures
Figure 2 illustrates the numbers of ISC schools according to whether they are senior,
As well as displaying differing structures, ISC schools vary
mixed-age or junior. ISC schools cover a range of different year groups, sometimes
making categorisation difficult. For completeness, Figure 3 shows the most common significantly in size from having fewer than 50 pupils to over
sets of year group ranges found within ISC schools. The blue bars show year group 2,400, although half of all schools have fewer than 300 pupils.
structure for each subcategory. The numbers in white indicate the number of schools
that share that particular year group structure. The mean school size is just under 400, but the mode is just
under 190. In addition, schools have been steadily growing in
Senior1 size since the mid-1980s. In 1985 the average school size was
N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13
314; it now stands at 393.
148
57
Finally, as illustrated in Figure 4, school size varies according
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to the type of school; senior schools tend to be larger than
10
12 junior schools, schools with boarding pupils tend to be larger
Other senior schools: 134 than schools with only day pupils, and schools that are entirely
single-sex tend to be larger than co-educational schools. Due
Mixed-age2 to these size variances, the remainder of this report focuses on
N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13
pupil numbers to illustrate trends within the sector.
278
77
52 Fig 4. Mean school size by type of school
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Average
15 Type of school size
Other mixed schools: 354 Senior 505
Mixed 540
Junior3 Junior 243
N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13
Day schools 363
358
Schools with boarding pupils 449
213
Co-ed schools 372
15
Single-sex schools 477
16
Overall average 393
Other junior schools: 434

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Senior schools are defined as having all pupils in year 7 and above.
2
Mixed-age schools are defined as all other ISC schools.
3
Junior schools are defined as having all pupils in year 8 or below.
4
Some school structures are excluded from this illustration because their structure
is shared by fewer than 10 schools: 91 schools are excluded – 13 senior schools, 35
mixed-age schools and 43 junior schools.
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Pupil Numbers

There are now 536,109 pupils at ISC schools, up from 529,164 If we consider only those schools in membership this year and
in 2018, and therefore pupil numbers now stand at a new high last year, we still see an increase in pupil numbers of 0.1%.
since records began in 1974, as illustrated by Figure 5.

Fig 5. ISC pupil numbers since 1974 (key milestones)

536,109
514,531
506,500
484,052
474,203

404,542

310,975

1974 1982 1990 2000 Pre-recession high Post-recession low 2019

(2009) (2011)
1974 was the first year the Census was completed.
1982 was the first year the Census was completed on a computer.

Pupil Numbers: By Region

Whilst overall pupil numbers have grown nationally at ISC
schools, regionally the growth varies as illustrated by Figure
6. For example, pupil numbers in Wales are up 2.4% whereas
in Yorkshire & Humber they are down 1.1%. It is important to
note, however, that smaller regions (in terms of prevalence of
ISC schools) are more susceptible to fluctuations. For example,
there are only 19 ISC schools in Wales that completed the
Census in both 2018 and 2019. Last year Wales saw a rise of
1.8%; this year it is 2.4%. Similarly, there are only 16 schools
in the North East; this year there has been a slight increase of
0.03% whereas last year there was a 1.7% decrease.

Fig 6. Annual growth in pupil numbers by region (like-for-like)

3.0%

2.4%
2.5%

2.0%

1.5%
1.5%

1.0%

0.5% 0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0% 0.0%
0.0%

-0.5%
-0.3% -0.3% -0.4%
-0.7%
-1.0%
-1.1%
-1.5%
Wales East London Scotland South South North North South East West Yorkshire
West Central East West East Midlands Midlands & Humber

Note: The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. More specifically, schools are now classified according to their local authority area;
previously they were classified according to county. This has mainly impacted London, the South and East. For example, 40 schools that were previously classified
under South East, South Central and East have been reclassified to London. Reclassifications in other areas are minimal. This has had a minimal impact on the above
changes in pupil numbers.
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Pupil Numbers: Single-sex and Co-education

The majority of ISC schools are co-educational; approximately there are many other schools that are predominantly single-
one fifth are single-sex, educating 132,638 pupils collectively. sex. Single-sex girls’ schools are more common than single-sex
42 ISC schools are single-sex except in their nursery. Excluding boys’ schools and co-educational schools tend to have slightly
these schools in the count of single-sex schools leaves 17% of more boys than girls.
ISC schools being single-sex. Further, Figure 7 illustrates that

Fig 7. Girls as a percentage of all pupils

350

300

250
Number of schools

200
Single-sex girls’
schools
150
Single-sex boys’
schools
100

50

0
1-4

5-9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

75 - 79

80 - 84

85 - 89

90 - 94

95 - 99

100
0

Percentage of girls

Figure 8 illustrates the proportion of single-sex schools reaching a peak between years 7 and 9 where around 35% of
compared with co-education at each of the different year ISC schools have year groups of either all boys or all girls. Above
groups. Co-education is very common at nursery level where Year 9 there is a slight shift back to co-education. Finally, it is
over 90% of ISC schools have both boys and girls. As children interesting to see that after Year 8 there are more than twice as
get older, single-sex education becomes more common, many schools with single-sex girls’ year groups than single-sex boys’.

Fig 8. Proportion of year groups that are entirely boys, entirely girls, or are co-educational

100%

90%

80%
Year group is co-educational
70%

60%
% schools

50%

40%

30%
Year group is entirely girls
20%
Year group is entirely boys
10%

0%
Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

Year 13
Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9
Reception
Nursery

780 957 976 977 1,040 1,060 1,067 1,079 877 874 696 701 707 602 601

Number of schools catering for each year group

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Pupil Numbers: Boarders

Boarding numbers were 69,155 (based on the day the Census the number of boarders at ISC schools since 2000 and also the
was taken), making up 12.9% of total pupil numbers and down percentage of all pupils that they accounted for. Since the
very slightly on the 69,979 boarding pupils reported in 2018. turn of the century, boarding numbers and proportions have
Boarding numbers based on pupils who boarded during the remained stable.
spring term were 72,912, 925 fewer than 2018. Figure 9 shows

Fig 9. Boarders at ISC schools: 2000-2019

80,000 16%

70,000 14%

60,000 12%
Total number of boarders

50,000 10%

% pupils
40,000 8%

30,000 6%

20,000 4%

10,000 2%

0 0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Number of boarders Boarders as a % of all pupils

Figure 10 illustrates the proportions of boarding pupils at ISC Only 2.5% (or 12 schools) are exclusively boarding schools.
schools – 473 schools, representing 35% of all ISC schools, cater Figure 11 illustrates notable regional variations. At schools
for boarding pupils. Note, however, that in the large majority located in the South West, 25% of pupils board, while at schools
(74%) of ISC boarding schools fewer than half of the pupils board. in Greater London, just 3% of pupils board.

Fig 10. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils

900

800

700

80
Number of schools

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0

1-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-89

90-94

95-99

100

Percentage of boarders
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Figure 12 illustrates boarding patterns for the sector as Fig 11. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils by region
a whole and by year group. For the sector as a whole, Number of ISC
Number schools with Total Total
13% of pupils at ISC schools board. At sixth form, this of ISC one or more number of number of Boarders as
proportion more than doubles to over one third of all Region schools boarders pupils boarders % of pupils
South West 101 60 36,324 8,923 24.6%
pupils. For junior pupils this proportion is significantly
South Central 218 105 77,630 17,964 23.1%
lower, with only 2% of pupils boarding. Wales 21 11 7,515 1,495 19.9%
East Midlands 68 24 25,098 4,421 17.6%
In addition to boarding being far more prevalent at sixth South East 202 90 77,841 13,539 17.4%
West Midlands 94 32 36,175 5,072 14.0%
form than at junior level, sixth form pupils are far more
Yorkshire & Humber 62 24 26,264 3,248 12.4%
likely to board on a full-time basis: 89% of sixth form East 154 62 62,443 6,510 10.4%
boarding pupils are full boarders, 7% are weekly boarders Scotland 33 18 24,732 2,409 9.7%
and 4% are flexi boarders. In contrast, more than half of North West 85 14 35,188 2,053 5.8%
North East 16 5 7,237 325 4.5%
junior boarding pupils are weekly or flexi boarders. Whilst
London 289 21 104,432 2,747 2.6%
full boarding remains most popular overall, the pattern Total 1,364 473 536,109 69,155 12.9%
appears to be changing with weekly and flexi boarding
Note: The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. See footnote on
becoming more popular. The proportion of weekly and page 8 for more details.
Note: Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are excluded due to the small
flexi boarders has increased for 3 consecutive years. In numbers of schools in these regions, but are included in the total.
2016 15.7% of boarders were weekly or flexi boarders.
This year this stands at 17.9%. Many working parents
value the flexibility of weekly and flexi boarding.

Fig 12. Full, weekly and flexi boarding by year group

Sixth form
Flexi boarding

Weekly boarding

Day: 58,741 Full boarding

Boarding: 29,719 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Senior (excl. Sixth form)

Flexi boarding

Weekly boarding

Full boarding
Day: 191,662
Boarding: 38,734 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Junior & below

Flexi boarding

Weekly boarding

Day: 212,794 Full boarding

Boarding: 4,459 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Total Note: For Figure 12, pupils are classed

Flexi boarding as boarders if they boarded at some
point during the spring term 2019.
Weekly boarding
In previous tables and charts, pupils are
counted as a boarder if they boarded
Full boarding
Day: 463,197 on Census day (17th January 2019).
Boarding: 72,912 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% A larger number of boarders are,
therefore, included in Figure 12.
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Pupil Numbers: Movement Between Sectors

Figure 13 illustrates where pupils were educated before joining an ISC school this academic year. More than
one quarter of pupils new to the independent sector came from state-funded establishments.

Fig 13. New pupils breakdown

Independent sector 30.8%

State sector 27.4%

All new pupils
(106,111 pupils)

Nursery 21.6%
(or not previously in education)

Overseas 16.1%
Unknown 2.4%
Other 1.8%

Approximately 7% of school children are currently educated
at independent schools in Britain, but this figure hides a more
complex reality. Figure 14 shows that in England over 15% of
school pupils aged 16 and over attend an ISC school. At age
1
11 it is closer to 6% and at age 4 closer to 3%.
Whilst there are subtle points to note1 regarding the data used
in Figure 14, the important conclusion from these illustrations
is that the divide between independent and state is, therefore,
a porous one and many more than 7% of pupils attend an
independent school at some point during their school career.

Fig 14. Proportion of all school-age children in England attending an ISC school by age2
18%

16%
Proportion of school-age children

14%

12%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%
2 and 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 and
under over
Age on 31st August 2017

1
It is important to note that we are comparing pupils in schools only. That means we are excluding, for example, pupils in further education (FE) colleges at age 16+. The
Department for Education does not provide data on the numbers of pupils in FE colleges. Data can be extracted from other sources, but the data does not separate out those
pupils studying A-level or equivalent type courses compared with more vocational courses such as apprenticeships. Using schools only (as per Figure 14) is the most reliable
dataset, but it should be noted that the 15% estimate above is likely to be an overestimate.
2
Numbers of pupils in ISC schools is taken from the ISC Census dataset. The comparison numbers of school-age children in all schools in England is taken from the Department
for Education’s Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics dataset.
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Pupil Numbers: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

ISC schools provide provision for 84,293 pupils with SEND plans (4.4% of all ISC SEND pupils). The most common SEND is
(15.7% of all pupils). Of these, 72,803 pupils have been Specific Learning Difficulty (SPLD), which includes conditions
identified with one or more specific SEND. This compares with such as dyslexia and dyspraxia and represents 57.5% of all SEND
71,468 in 2018. 3,670 pupils are statemented or have EHC pupils in ISC schools.

Fig 15. SEND pupils

Types of SEND Total pupils % of all SEND pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty (SPLD) 48,473 57.5%
Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD) 3,456 4.1%
Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD) 354 0.4%
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD) 47 0.1%
Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEHM) 10,394 12.3%
Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) 6,240 7.4%
Hearing Impairment (HI) 1,647 2.0%
Visual Impairment (VI) 1,752 2.1%
Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI) 377 0.4%
Physical Difficulty (PD) 1,773 2.1%
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 5,361 6.4%
Other Difficulty/Disability 7,260 8.6%
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need 11,490 13.6%
Total 84,293

Note: Some pupils have more than one SEND: they are counted under each individual category of SEND, but are counted only once in the total.
Please also note: SEND categories were redefined in 2017 in response to advice from the ISC SEND Expert Group. Therefore, we should not make too
many year on year comparisons because responses to questions that have been redefined sometimes take several iterations to become stable.
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Pupil Numbers: Ethnicity

66% of all ISC pupils are from a white British background compares ethnicity in England only in 2018 for both ISC schools
while 34% are from a minority ethnic background. Figures for and state-funded schools. This shows that the ethnic make-up
the state-funded sector only cover schools in England and at ISC schools broadly mirrors that of all state schools.
the latest data available is from 2018. Figure 17, therefore,

Fig 16. Ethnicity of ISC pupils (2019) Fig 17. Ethnicity comparisons for schools in England: number of
pupils and % share (2018)
State-funded
No. of pupils % share ISC schools % share schools % share
White British 263,482 66.2% White British 242,460 66.1% 5,446,536 67.8%
Minority ethnic 134,675 33.8% Minority ethnic 124,534 33.9% 2,587,578 32.2%
Total 398,157 Total 366,994 8,034,114

As in the UK as a whole, ethnicity in ISC schools varies by proportion of pupils from a minority ethnic background at ISC
region as illustrated by Figure 18. Finally, as with the trends schools has increased in recent years; 23% of ISC pupils were
experienced among pupils in the state-funded sector, the classed as minority ethnic in 20091, compared with 34% now.

Fig 18. Ethnicity of ISC pupils by region (2019)

100%
100%

90%
90%

80%
80%

70%
70%

60%
60%

50%
50% Minority ethnic

40%
40% White British

30%
30%

20%
20%

10%
10%

0%
0%
East
East East
East London
London North
North North
North South
South South
South South
South WalesW
Wales est
West Yorkshire &
Yorkshire &
Midlands
Midlands East
East West
West Central
Central East
East st
West Midlands Humber
Midlands Humber

Note: The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. See footnote on page 8 for more details.
Please also note, some schools do not record ethnicity data; 85% of ISC schools were able to submit ethnicity data, equating to 74% of all ISC pupils. Last year
we also recorded ethnicity for 74% of ISC pupils. Scotland is not included in the above chart because ethnicity was only known for 22% of pupils in Scotland.

1
Ethnicity data was first collected in 2009.
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International Footprint: Non-British Pupils

There are two categories of non-British pupils at ISC schools: their parents live in the UK or overseas. Figure 19 provides the
those whose parents live overseas and those whose parents live numerical breakdown. In total, 48% of non-British pupils have
in the UK. Figure 20 illustrates the relative numbers of pupils parents living in the UK. As one might expect, this percentage is
at ISC schools from different regions, as well as whether or not significantly higher for Irish pupils than it is for Chinese pupils.

Fig 19. Non-British pupils at ISC schools

Total non- Parents % with parents % with parents

British pupils overseas Parents in UK overseas in the UK
Ireland 1,517 79 1,438 5.2% 94.8%
USA 3,840 337 3,503 8.8% 91.2%
Oceania 999 110 889 11.0% 89.0%
Rest of North America 649 101 548 15.6% 84.4%
France 2,578 429 2,149 16.6% 83.4%
India 1,429 241 1,188 16.9% 83.1%
Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh 510 95 415 18.6% 81.4%
Italy 1,960 531 1,429 27.1% 72.9%
Remainder of Europe (EEA) 5,493 1,549 3,944 28.2% 71.8%
Poland 454 141 313 31.1% 68.9%
Romania 284 91 193 32.0% 68.0%
Japan 1,040 437 603 42.0% 58.0%
Rest of Africa 1,501 635 866 42.3% 57.7%
Middle East 1,233 624 609 50.6% 49.4%
Central & South America 877 456 421 52.0% 48.0%
South Korea 873 485 388 55.6% 44.4%
Spain 2,480 1,425 1,055 57.5% 42.5%
Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 1,803 1,054 749 58.5% 41.5%
Germany 3,182 1,898 1,284 59.6% 40.4%
Russia 2,563 1,532 1,031 59.8% 40.2%
Nigeria 1,411 911 500 64.6% 35.4%
Central Asia 567 398 169 70.2% 29.8%
Malaysia 671 492 179 73.3% 26.7%
Remainder of Far East 1,367 1,046 321 76.5% 23.5%
Mainland China 9,585 7,708 1,877 80.4% 19.6%
Taiwan 208 179 29 86.1% 13.9%
Thailand 984 923 61 93.8% 6.2%
Hong Kong 5,222 5,003 219 95.8% 4.2%
Total 55,280 28,910 26,370 52.3% 47.7%
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Fig 20. Nationality of non-British pupils at ISC schools

Remainder
of Europe
(EEA)
Russia

Rest of North Ireland Poland

America Central Asia
Romania
France Mainland China
Italy Remainder Japan
USA Spain of Europe (non−EEA)
South Korea
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Taiwan
Middle East Hong Kong
India
Thailand

Malaysia
Nigeria
Rest of Africa Remainder of Far East
Central &
South America

Oceania

Non-British pupils whose

parents live overseas.
96% of pupils have Over 90% of pupils have
Hong Kong USA
parents living overseas. parents living in the UK.
Non-British pupils whose
parents live in the UK.

International Footprint: Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

In ISC schools, there are currently 28,910 non-British pupils
whose parents live overseas, which represents 5.4% of the total
ISC pupil population in 2019. In 2018, there were 28,513, also
5.4% of total pupils. If we exclude “international schools” (where
more than 90% of the pupils are from overseas), the 5.4% drops
to 4.8%. By far the largest numbers of pupils come from China.
Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas are more
numerous at ISC schools in the sixth form than as junior pupils:
54% of such pupils are in years 12 and 13, 44% in years 7 to
11, with only 2% in years 6 and below. Not surprisingly, these
pupils are much more likely to board: 92% of non-British pupils
whose parents live overseas choose to board.
Figure 21 illustrates trends in non-British pupils whose
parents live overseas since 2007, when the Census first started
collecting this data. There has been steady growth in pupil
numbers from China in this period. Pupil numbers from the EEA
have been increasing since 2017 after a period of decline from
2012. Among pupils from Russia, there have been four years
of decline after a period of steady growth. Pupil numbers from
Hong Kong have been growing since 2016, although have not
yet returned to historical highs.
Since 2009 schools wishing to recruit pupils from outside a
non-EEA country (excluding Switzerland) have been required
to hold a Tier 4 sponsor licence issued by UK Visas and
Immigration (UKVI). Therefore, subject to minor exceptions,
any school recruiting non-EEA pupils must be on UKVI’s
register of licensed sponsors. Our Census discloses that
690 ISC schools are Tier 4 sponsors.
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Fig 21. Number of non-British pupils whose parents live overseas from selected countries at ISC schools: 2007-2019
9,000

8,000

7,000

6,000
Number of pupils

5,000
Hong Kong
4,000 Mainland China
Europe excl. Germany and Russia
3,000
Germany
2,000 Russia

1,000

0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

International Footprint: Non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK

In ISC schools there are currently 26,370 non-British pupils Among these pupils 45% come from EEA countries, up 3
whose parents live in the UK, representing 4.9% of all pupils. percentage points from last year, which is an interesting
In 2018 there were 25,165 equating to 4.8% of all pupils. finding in light of Brexit. A further 13% come from the USA.

International Footprint: British pupils whose parents live overseas

As well as non-British pupils, there are 4,493 British pupils at ISC are 4,911 other British pupils whose parents live overseas (see
schools whose parents serve in HM Forces. In addition, there Appendix One: Table 13, p38 for more details).

International Footprint: Overseas Schools

A growing number of ISC schools are operating overseas Fig 23. Overseas schools in membership of ISC associations
campuses. There are currently 58 such campuses educating a Location GSA HMC IAPS ISA SofH
total of 39,616 pupils. This has grown from 47 campuses and Africa 0 3 13 0 4
Americas 1 5 4 1 0
32,330 pupils in 2018. There are, therefore, more pupils being
Asia 1 13 8 4 0
educated in overseas campuses than there are overseas Australasia 0 14 0 0 0
pupils in ISC schools in the UK. Pupils in overseas campuses Europe 2 14 10 2 4
are not included elsewhere in this Census. Middle East 0 7 16 0 1
Total 4 56 51 7 9
Note: ISC does not perform a detailed audit of overseas schools. Therefore, it is
Furthermore, there are approximately 127 ISC affiliated schools, possible that some schools could be counted twice if the school is a member of
i.e. overseas schools in membership of ISC associations. more than one association.

Fig 22. Location of overseas campuses of ISC schools Figure 23 shows where these schools are located.
Data from these schools is not included elsewhere
Location Schools Pupils
Mainland China 26 15,137 in this Census.
Middle East 13 11,637
Thailand 5 2,870 Overseas campuses of ISC schools are only a small
Hong Kong 4 2,099
part of the landscape of British schools overseas (BSOs).
South Korea 2 1,966
Malaysia 2 1,349 We estimate there to be over 4,000 BSOs, representing
Other 6 4,558 around one half of all English-medium international
Total 58 39,616 schools worldwide.
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School Fees

For the first time this year we asked schools to separate out fee Because of the change in methodology, calculating fee increases
levels between those charged to UK pupils and those charged is not straightforward. If we compare fee levels for all schools
to international pupils. Fee levels by age group and fee type that completed the Census in both 2018 and 2019, we record an
for UK pupils are displayed in Figure 24. The majority of pupils overall increase of 3.2% (excluding nursery fees1). However, if we
attend day schools, meaning the typical fee level is £4,763 per adjust for the change in methodology we estimate the true fee
term. Fees are recorded per term and therefore, on an annual increase level to be 3.7% on a like-for-like basis.
basis this equates to £14,289.
Historic fee changes are displayed in Figure 25. Since 2010
Fig 24. School fees (excluding nursery fees)
fee increases have averaged at 3.9%. This compares to fee
Figures represent average weighted fees per term. Average fee
increases averaging 6.6% in the 10-year period 2000 to 2010.
figures are based on fees at schools completing the Census in 2019;
percentage change is calculated from the change among the 1,307 schools There appears to be a conscious effort by schools to control fee
completing the Census in both 2018 and 2019 without an adjustment levels. Note, there was a large fee increase in 2004 in response
for the methodology change. to increasing pension and National Insurance costs for schools.
With planned increases to the Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
Day fee
(boarding Day fee this year, we might expect larger than average fee increases
Age group Boarding fee schools) (day schools) in 2020 and the slightly larger fee increase of 3.7% this year
Sixth form £12,239 £7,206 £5,174
compared with 3.4% in 2018 might be in anticipation of
Senior £11,304 £6,634 £5,009
the additional TPS costs.
Junior £8,406 £5,226 £4,426
Overall £11,565 £6,402 £4,763
% change 3.1% 2.5% 3.8%

Fig 25. Fee increases since 2000 (like-for-like)

10%
9%

8%
7%
6%

5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

1
Fees are considered both including and excluding nursery fees. Nursery fees are typically lower.
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Figure 26 shows how fee increases varied by region. Note, this
chart is based on the same methodology used to calculate the
3.2% fee increase noted earlier. It might, therefore, underestimate
the true fee increase, but is a reliable indication of the variability
by region. London schools and schools in the East of England
appear to have increased their fees by the greatest amount.
Schools in Wales show the lowest increases, but as this is a small
region with only 19 schools that completed the Census in both
2018 and 2019 it is more susceptible to large fluctuations.
As one might expect, fees vary significantly between day and
boarding schools (boarding fees are typically twice that of day
school fees as illustrated in Figure 24). Similarly, fees charged
by schools vary by region. For example, the average fee ranges
from just under £3,600 per term for day schools in the North
West to more than £5,700 per term for day schools in London
(see Table 6 of Appendix One, p33 for more details).

Fig 26. Fee increases by region (like-for-like)

4.5%
4.1%
3.5% 3.4%
3.3%
2.9% 2.8%
2.6% 2.5% 2.4%
2.1%
1.8%

East London Scotland North East South West South East East South Yorkshire North WestWales
East Central Midlands East Midlands West & Humber West

A further illustration of the variation in fees is illustrated in under £2,000 and 21 charge over £7,000 per term,
Figure 27 below. For day schools, the majority of schools charge reflecting the diverse offering in ISC schools.
between £3,000 and £5,000 per term, but 40 schools charge

Fig 27. Fee distribution in day schools1

300

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1
Note: schools in Northern Ireland have been excluded because they are typically funded by the state so they would look artificially low. Similarly,
international and special schools have been excluded because they have unusually high fees reflecting the additional needs of these pupils. Schools
in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man have also been excluded. Further note that fees are calculated on a weighted average basis and exclude nursery
fees. Only fees for UK-based pupils have been included.
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Scholarships and Bursaries

A total of 176,633 pupils currently receive help with their fees, directly from the schools themselves: ISC schools currently
representing 34% of all pupils ; the value of this help totals
4
provide more than £860m of fee assistance annually, an
over one billion pounds, an increase of 5.3% on last year. A increase of 5.6% on the previous year.
significant majority (85%) of total fee assistance is provided

Fig 28. Contributions to fees ranked by total value of assistance (annual)

Average help
Total received by a % of all Total
(pupils)3 pupil (£) pupils (value £m)
The School 152,799 5,653 28.5 864
The School: means-tested bursaries 41,827 9,634 7.8 403
The School: eligible families1 70,997 3,525 13.2 250
The School: scholarships: non-means-tested 57,832 3,293 10.8 190
The School: scholarships: means-tested 2,965 6,528 0.6 19
The School: iTrust 159 4,741 0.03 0.75
Early Years Funding 23,899 2,445 4.5 58
Local Education Authorities2 2,621 18,461 0.5 48
Government Music and Dance Scheme 1,386 22,418 0.3 31
All other sources 2,505 8,060 0.5 20
Total number of pupils helped 176,633 5,785 33.9 1,022
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
3
Some pupils receive help from more than one source: they are counted under each category, but are counted only once in the total.

Figure 29 shows that over the past 19 years there has been opposed to non-means-tested, totalling over £420m
a consistent trend of schools providing fee assistance to an and representing an increase of 6% compared with
increasing number of pupils, the only exception being small last year. Bursaries and means-tested scholarships are
drops in 2008 and 2016. awarded to 8% of pupils.

Focusing specifically on bursaries and scholarships, schools

give more than twice as much means-tested assistance as

Fig 29. Proportion of pupils receiving fee assistance: 2000-2019

34%

32%

30%

% of pupils receiving help

28% from somewhere

26% % of pupils receiving help

from school
24%

22%

20%
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

4
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Figure 30 shows a breakdown of the 41,827 means-tested
bursaries and the 2,965 means-tested scholarships provided by
ISC schools. Nearly half of all pupils on means-tested bursaries
have more than half of their fees remitted and 5,998 pay no fees
at all. In contrast, means-tested scholarships tend to be smaller
and over half are for less than 25%.
If we compare the information provided in Figures 28 and 30
with last year we see that more pupils are in receipt of means-
tested fee assistance (44,792 this year compared with 42,977
last year), and the value of this help has increased to a greater
extent (from £398m in 2018 to £422m this year). Furthermore,
the numbers of pupils who have full fees paid has also increased
(from 5,863 last year to 6,169 this year). This suggests that ISC
schools are continuing to focus on providing larger bursaries
to those pupils most in need.
Note, for the first time this year, schools were asked to
provide data on greater than 100% bursaries. These are
bursaries that contribute to costs additional to the basic
fee. 584 pupils benefit from these bursaries, representing
1.3% of all means-tested bursaries and scholarships.

Fig 30. Distribution of means-tested bursaries and means-tested scholarships

Size of means-tested Number of % of means-tested Size of means-tested Number of % of means-tested

bursary pupils bursary pupils scholarship pupils scholarship pupils
1-25% 9,618 23.0% 1-25% 1,787 60.3%
26-50% 13,237 31.6% 26-50% 653 22.0%
51-75% 7,406 17.7% 51-75% 197 6.6%
76-100% 11,566 27.7% 76-100% 328 11.1%
100% 5,441 13.0% 100% 144 4.9%
>100% 557 1.3% >100% 27 0.9%
41,827 2,965
Note: 76-100% category includes >100% means-tested bursaries and scholarships.

In recent years, there has been a shift from non-means-tested since 2011, a rise of 62%; the total value of non-means-tested
scholarships to means-tested bursaries and scholarships, as scholarships has risen by 34% over the same period. Note
illustrated in Figure 31. The total value of means-tested bursaries that fee levels have risen by the same amount over the same
and scholarships provided by schools has increased by over £160m period, meaning that scholarships have not risen in real terms.

Fig 31. Trends in means-tested bursaries and scholarships versus non-means-tested

scholarships at ISC schools (2011-2019)1

450

400

350

300
Value in £m

250
Means-tested bursaries and scholarships
200
Non-means-tested scholarships
150

100

50

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
1
Trends are only shown from 2011 onwards due to changes in methods of data collection relating to fee assistance. Note, due to
the change in methodology we should be cautious about drawing too many conclusions in trend data between 2015 and 2016.
22

Public Benefit

The range of partnerships with local state schools is Fig 34. Number of state schools and state pupils benefiting from
summarised in Figure 32. Partnerships are wide ranging and partnership activities
include reading with younger pupils, preparing A-level pupils Number of state-funded schools benefiting from partnership activities
for higher education, sharing facilities and seconding teaching
Number of Number of % of ISC
staff. In summary, 1,142 schools are involved in partnerships with state schools ISC schools schools
state schools, equating to 84% of ISC schools. To put this figure 1-10 779 68.4%
into context, only 74% of ISC schools hold charitable status. 11-20 216 19.0%
21-30 56 4.9%
Schools appear to be expanding their partnership work this 31-40 35 3.1%
year. More specifically, 11,466 partnerships were recorded 41-50 23 2.0%

this year, compared with 10,553 last year. Note, the question 51+ 30 2.6%

regarding academy sponsorship was changed this year. 1,139

Note: the number of state schools benefiting was not provided by 3 schools.
Schools were historically recording sponsorship by the schools’
federation or trust, but this has now been removed which Number of state-funded pupils benefiting from partnership activities
explains why this figure is significantly lower this year.
Number of Number of % of ISC
state pupils ISC schools schools
Figure 33 is a summary of the facilities available at ISC schools. 20 or fewer 85 7.4%
Whilst some ISC schools have multiple facilities, many do not. 20-50 181 15.8%
For example, among the 1,364 ISC schools there are 82 all- 50-100 222 19.4%
weather athletics tracks, i.e. only 6% of ISC schools. Assuming 100-200 224 19.6%
all these were shared with state schools, they would only 200-500 222 19.4%

serve a small fraction of the 28,000 state-funded schools

1 500+ 208 18.2%

in the UK. Collectively, 2,111 facilities are shared with local 1,142

state schools. The number of state-funded schools and

state-funded pupils benefiting from partnership activities On average, each of the 1,142 schools work with approximately
is summarised in Figure 34. 11 schools and 210 pupils. This is higher than last year,
which is a further illustration of schools expanding their
Fig 33. Breakdown of facilities at ISC schools
partnership work.
Number of % of all
schools ISC schools
Finally, beyond partnership work, 99% of ISC schools reported
All-weather athletics track 82 6.0%
that they have raised money for charities over the last year.
Astroturf 714 52.3%
Not all schools were able to report the amount raised, but for
Concert hall/theatre 744 54.5%
the 69% of schools that kept such records, the total raised for
Dance studio 462 33.9%
charity in the year 2018 to 2019 was over £10m. We estimate
Fitness centre 466 34.2%
that the true amount could be as high as £15m2 if we include
Rowing facilities 90 6.6%
Sport centre 593 43.5%
the 30% of schools that didn’t report monetary amounts. In

Sports fields 944 69.2% addition, 901 ISC schools organise volunteering opportunities
Squash courts 217 15.9% for their staff and / or pupils.
Swimming pool 611 44.8%
Tennis courts 832 61.0%
Total schools 1,364

1
Estimate by combining data from Department for Education (England), StatsWales, DENI and the Scottish Government.
2
Upper estimate assumes the remainder schools (30%) raised funds in line with the average of £11,000 per school.
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Fig 32. Partnerships with local state schools

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Invite pupilstotoattend
attendlessons,
lessons,
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sportingevents
events Shareknowledge,
Share knowledge,skills,
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22 workshopsor
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expertise andexperience
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Economic Impact

In 2018, ISC commissioned Oxford Economics to evaluate the
impact of independent schools on the UK economy. Its analysts
calculated the impact for both the whole independent sector
and ISC member schools in particular. The key statistics are
illustrated in Figure 35 below.
Oxford Economics, a leader in global forecasting and
quantitative analysis calculated that independent schools’
contribution to UK GDP in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA)
is £13.7bn. This is a greater contribution to GDP than the
UK’s largest defence, aerospace, and security company, BAE
Systems. It further considered the number of jobs supported
and calculated that 302,910 jobs were supported either directly
or indirectly by independent schools, which is more than the
total number of jobs in the city of Liverpool. In addition, the
analysis concluded that independent schools contributed
£3.5bn annually in tax revenue. This is equivalent to £129 per
UK household or the annual pay of 108,000 NHS nurses.
In choosing to fund their children’s education and not take up
a state school place, independent school parents save British
taxpayers an estimated £3.5bn each year. This takes into account
both the recurrent and capital costs that would occur were
the 600,000 pupils currently attending independent schools
to enter state education, and is the equivalent of funding the
construction of more than 20,000 new affordable homes.
Oxford Economics also evaluated the contribution to the
economy made by the increased academic attainment levels
of ISC pupils. Based on OECD analyses, if ISC schools had not
existed for the past 70 years, it is estimated that UK GDP would
be £62bn lower per annum.
Finally, it is worth noting that non-British pupils contribute
disproportionately to the UK economy, contributing £1.8bn
to GDP, supporting 39,310 jobs and generating half a billion
pounds in tax revenue.

Fig 35. The impact of Independent schools on the UK economy

THE IMPACT OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ON THE UK ECONOMY
All independent schools £3.5 bn
ISC schools
2,444 schools £3.0 bn
£13.7 bn
618,603 pupils Savings to
taxpayer

£11.6 bn
£73 bn
1,317 schools
Demand-side
524,879 pupils
support for £62 bn
annual GDP

Supply-side boost
to annual GDP
302,910
£4.1 bn
Wider
257,020 £3.5 bn contribution to
Annual publicly funded
Jobs
tax education £1.8 bn GDP supported by
system & society non-British students
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Teaching Staff

A total of 59,749 full-time equivalent teachers are employed at
ISC schools. The teaching profession (for the education sector
as a whole) has a far greater proportion of female teachers, but
this is much less pronounced at ISC schools. 38% of full-time
equivalent teachers at ISC schools are men. This compares with
a figure of 26% in state-funded schools . 1
A total of 9,268 full-time equivalent teaching assistants are
employed at ISC schools, making up 13% of classroom staff.
The equivalent proportion at state-funded schools is 37%,
almost three times as high. The pupil-teacher ratio at ISC
schools is 8.5:1. This compares to an average of 17.9:11
across all state-funded schools in 2017.

Fig 36. Teacher numbers and pupil-teacher ratio Fig 37. Teaching assistant numbers

Full-time Full-time
Men 21,108 Men 798
Women 29,246 Women 5,633
Total 50,354 Total 6,431
Part-time Part-time
Men 2,981 Men 262
Women 13,947 Women 4,362
Total 16,928 Total 4,624
Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time) Part-time hours
Men 22,642 Men 4,399
Women 37,107 Women 87,793
Total 59,749 Total 92,191
Pupil-teacher ratio 8.5:1 Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)
Men 933
For more detail see Appendix One, Tables 19 and 21, p42 and Appendix
Two, Tables 12 and 14, p55 and p57. Women 8,334
Total 9,268

For more detail on teaching assistants, see Appendix One, Table 20, p42
and Appendix Two, Table 13, p56.

1
Based on Department for Education (DfE) data 2017/18 (and hence England only), the most recent year for which figures are available.
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ISC Exam Results1

Every August, ISC publishes exam results data for ISC schools.
This data is broken down by exam type, gender and grade. In
January, the Department for Education release a more detailed
dataset broken down by subject. Figure 38 below displays
entry numbers split by state-funded and independent schools.
It shows that independent school pupils are over-represented
in subjects such as science, maths, modern foreign languages
(MFL), classics, music and drama. For example, independent
school pupils’ A-level entries make up 30% of all entries for
further maths despite independent school pupils making up
only 16%1 of the A-level population. State-funded schools are
over-represented in subjects such as English, law, computing,
media and general studies. For example, state pupil entries
make up 98% of all entries for law.

Fig 38. A-level entries as a proportion of all entries

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1
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subject breakdown, displayed in Figures 39 and 40, is based on exam data supplied by the Department for Education (DfE). The datasets, therefore, vary and
are not directly comparable. For example, ISC exam data is for ISC schools only, the DfE data includes all independent schools. ISC exam data is for ISC schools
in the UK, the DfE data includes schools in England only. In addition, DfE excludes IGCSEs that no longer feature in their performance tables, which account
for 46% of all Year 11 exam entries at ISC schools. Finally, please note that DfE excludes data for schools where the number of entries for a particular subject is
5 or fewer, which will have a small impact on the data displayed above (such as subjects for which there are relatively few entries). Finally, the dataset above is
based on 195,454 A-level pupils in the state-funded sector and 36,532 A-level pupils in the independent sector, meaning independent pupils make up 15.7% of
the total A-level population.
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ISC results published in August 2018 revealed that nearly half
of A-level entries at ISC independent schools achieve A* and A
grades, nearly double the national figure. They further revealed
that over 60% of GCSE/IGCSE entries by independent school
pupils were awarded an A*, A, 9, 8, or 7 grades, more than three
times the national average.
of independent schools entries were awarded an A* or A
compared with under 30% of state entries. In dance, nearly 70%
of independent school entries achieved an A* or A compared
with less than a quarter of state entries. In classics, more than
twice as many independent entries achieved and A* or A
compared with state school entries.

Figure 39 displays the proportion of top grades for key
subjects (STEM, MFL, arts and classics) for A-level. This chart
shows that both independent and state pupils achieve higher
grades in many of the key STEM and MFL subjects (compared
with the average for all subjects), but significant attainment
gaps still remain. For example, at chemistry A-level over 50%
Figure 40 displays the equivalent information for GCSEs.
It shows similar attainment gaps – for example, the proportion
of entries at grades 9-7 for independent schools was double
that of state-funded schools for both French and German.
In music, twice as many independent school entries
obtained a grade 7 or higher.

Fig 40. Proportion 9-7 (GCSE) grades in England

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subjects were assessed under the new reformed 9-1 grading. Therefore, only reformed GCSEs are analysed above.

The above analysis covers GCSE and A-levels only. 6.2% of ISC
pupils took the International Baccalaureate in 2018, which
includes maths, science and MFL. Figure 41 summarises some
key statistics published in the IB Diploma Programme Statistical
Bulletin alongside those collected for ISC schools in August
2018. Nearly half of all UK IB candidates come from ISC schools.
Proportionally, nearly four times as many ISC pupils achieved
40 points compared to the worldwide average. ISC pupils made
up one in six of all pupils worldwide gaining the maximum
score of 45 points.

Fig 41. Key statistics for IB

Worldwide UK ISC

Number of candidates taking IB 163,173 4,625 2,274

% candidates gaining 40 or more points 7.7% Not reported 28.4%

Number of candidates gaining the maximum 45 points 259 Not reported 44

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Entrance to Higher Education

The vast majority of ISC school leavers continue to higher
education. Only small numbers take alternative routes such
as apprenticeships and employment. This year 2.5% of school
leavers went straight to employment in 2018 . Whilst still a
small subset, this is higher than last year and might indicate
a trend in increasing numbers of pupils bypassing university
and going straight into employment. Note, however, that there
were changes to the questions this year (more specifically for
the first time this year we asked schools to record more detailed
information regarding deferred and gap year pupils) and a
review of the data suggests this has impacted how schools
recorded information in this section this year. We, therefore,
1
suspect the actual movements are much smaller than reported
opposite, but this will be an area of interest in Census 2020.
With high university tuition fees and innovative alternative
routes, such as the Dyson Institute and apprenticeship
schemes with large multinationals, such as PwC, it will be
interesting to see if this is a trend.

Fig 42. Higher education destination summary

Other Russell Group

Unknown 49%
destination 2%

Non-UK 5% UK universities Oxbridge 5%

universities 93%
Remaining
39%

Of those continuing to higher education, Fig 43. Destination of ISC pupils attending UK universities: Top 20
Number of pupils as a proportion of all ISC pupils attending UK universities
93% do so within the UK. The majority (54%)
continue to a Russell Group university of University of Exeter 4.5%
which 5% of ISC pupils continue to either University of Bristol 3.9%
University of Nottingham 3.6%
Oxford or Cambridge. Figure 43 shows the
University of Edinburgh 3.5%
top 20 UK universities attended by ISC pupils.
University College London 3.3%
University of Leeds 3.2%
As mentioned above, for the first time this University of Birmingham 3.1%
year we asked schools to break down the University of Durham 3.1%
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3.1%
university destinations of pupils applying for
University of Oxford 2.8%
a deferred entry to university. 3690 pupils
University of Cambridge 2.8%
(8.4%) chose to defer entry to university. The University of Manchester 2.6%
universities with the highest proportions University of Warwick 2.5%
of deferred entries were Oxford Brookes University of Bath 2.3%
Oxford Brookes University 2.2%
(22.0%) and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (16.1%).
2.2%
King's College London 2.1%
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that the figure was published in the Census, meaning that the most recent Imperial College London 1.9%
figure is for 2018.
University of York 1.8%
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For the 5% of pupils that chose to study outside of the UK, the
USA is by far the most popular destination attracting almost
50% of ISC pupils going to overseas universities, as illustrated
in Figure 44. However, this is down on last year when over 50%
chose to study in the USA. ISC pupils go on to a wide range of
overseas universities and this range has been expanding year
on year. In 2012, fewer than 400 overseas institutions attracted
ISC pupils, now there are 463. The top 10 overseas universities
are illustrated in Figure 45. The percentages are low, reflecting
the wide range of overseas institutions.
Finally, pupils choosing to study overseas are not confined to
a small number of ISC schools. Pupils from 59% of ISC schools
with Year 13 leavers go on to higher education overseas.

Fig 44. Destination of ISC pupils going to non-UK universities: Countries

Proportion of all pupils attending non-UK universities

USA 47.5%
Other 9.7%
Canada 7.9%
Hong Kong 7.3%
Netherlands 6.9%
Spain 4.3%
Italy 3.6%
Germany 2.8%
Australia 2.7%
Switzerland 2.5%
Ireland 1.8%
France 1.7%
Japan 1.2%

Fig 45. Destination of ISC pupils attending non-UK universities: Top 10

Proportion of all ISC pupils attending non-UK universities

New York University (USA) 3.0%

McGill University (Canada) 2.5%

University of Hong Kong 2.5%

University of Toronto (Canada) 2.0%

Chinese University of Hong Kong 1.8%

Columbia University (USA) 1.8%

Amsterdam University College (Netherlands) 1.8%

IE University (Spain) 1.7%

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (USA) 1.6%

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1.5%

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Appendix One
Non-Comparative Tables

The tables in Appendix One show figures for all 1,364 schools completing the Census this year and therefore
cannot be compared to previous years on a like-for-like basis. These tables follow the same format as last year.

Table 1a. School and pupil numbers Schools GSA HMC IAPS ISA SofH Total
by association Charities 143 288 517 235 91 1,012
This table shows total school and pupil
Other 4 4 91 258 15 352
numbers broken down by the five
Total 147 292 608 493 106 1,364
heads’ associations.
Not-for-profit 144 291 525 267 94 1,056
For-profit 3 1 83 226 12 308
Total 147 292 608 493 106 1,364
Pupils
Boarders (boys) 58 25,884 9,167 4,943 4,196 38,048
Boarders (girls) 8,470 19,294 6,960 4,587 3,279 31,107
Day pupils (boys) 2,821 109,796 118,199 48,769 23,253 234,887
Day pupils (girls) 70,921 85,399 106,851 47,407 17,280 232,067
Total (boys) 2,879 135,680 127,366 53,712 27,449 272,935
Total (girls) 79,391 104,693 113,811 51,994 20,559 263,174
Total 82,270 240,373 241,177 105,706 48,008 536,109

Table 1b. School and pupil numbers

Schools GSA HMC IAPS ISA SofH Total
by association (further breakdown)
Charities 143 288 517 235 91 1,012
For some ISC schools the heads are
Other 4 4 91 258 15 352
in membership of more than one
Total 147 292 608 493 106 1,364
association. For example, a school with
Not-for-profit 144 291 525 267 94 1,056
pupils from ages 3 to 18 may have a
For-profit 3 1 83 226 12 308
head in membership of IAPS and HMC,
Total 147 292 608 493 106 1,364
but IAPS may only regard the pupils in
Pupils
the junior part of the school as counting
Boarders (boys) 58 25,884 4,695 4,943 4,196 38,048
towards their membership. Table 1b
Boarders (girls) 8,470 19,294 2,586 4,587 3,279 31,107
therefore repopulates Table 1a allowing
for this subtlety. For example, there are Day pupils (boys) 2,821 109,796 86,885 48,769 23,253 234,887

fewer pupils in IAPS schools in Table 1b Day pupils (girls) 70,921 85,399 72,183 47,407 17,280 232,067

due to the exclusions of senior pupils Total (boys) 2,879 135,680 91,580 53,712 27,449 272,935

recorded under their membership in Total (girls) 79,391 104,693 74,769 51,994 20,559 263,174

Table 1a. The figures in this table should Total 82,270 240,373 166,349 105,706 48,008 536,109

not be compared to any of the other

tables in this Census. The only figures
that are comparable are those in Table
1b of previous Census reports from
2013 onwards.
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Table 1c. School and pupil numbers by category of school

This table shows total school and pupil numbers, including a breakdown by category of school. The girls at “single-sex: boys’” schools and the boys
at “single-sex: girls’” schools are all in the nursery.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with

Schools Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
Charities 198 380 434 91 154 767 401 611 1,012
Other 53 88 211 21 12 319 72 280 352
Total 251 468 645 112 166 1,086 473 891 1,364
Not-for-profit 206 397 453 95 158 803 411 645 1,056
For-profit 45 71 192 17 8 283 62 246 308
Total 251 468 645 112 166 1,086 473 891 1,364
Pupils
Boarders (boys) 24,391 9,463 4,194 6,784 0 31,264 38,048 0 38,048
Boarders (girls) 20,302 8,518 2,287 0 8,062 23,045 31,107 0 31,107
Day pupils (boys) 44,564 106,439 83,884 44,268 351 190,268 76,540 158,347 234,887
Day pupils (girls) 37,572 128,197 66,298 162 73,011 158,894 66,699 165,368 232,067
Total (boys) 68,955 115,902 88,078 51,052 351 221,532 114,588 158,347 272,935
Total (girls) 57,874 136,715 68,585 162 81,073 181,939 97,806 165,368 263,174
Total 126,829 252,617 156,663 51,214 81,424 403,471 212,394 323,715 536,109

Table 2. Pupil numbers by age Age on 31st Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils
This table shows numbers of pupils August 2018 (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total

in all ISC schools by age, gender and 0-2 0 5,575 0 5,634 11,209

day/boarding. 3 0 8,164 0 8,453 16,617

4 0 10,173 0 10,195 20,368
5 1 11,090 1 10,806 21,898
6 5 11,720 3 11,756 23,484
7 76 13,894 67 13,387 27,424
8 293 14,588 177 14,278 29,336
9 562 15,737 325 15,117 31,741
10 959 16,980 623 16,264 34,826
11 1,781 20,507 1,665 19,606 43,559
12 2,225 20,126 2,050 19,605 44,006
13 4,412 19,025 3,278 18,849 45,564
14 5,162 19,182 3,988 19,290 47,622
15 6,011 18,411 4,875 18,443 47,740
16 7,188 14,325 6,103 14,745 42,361
17 7,386 13,765 6,250 14,024 41,425
18 1,697 1,357 1,456 1,240 5,750
19 290 268 246 375 1,179
Total 38,048 234,887 31,107 232,067 536,109
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Table 3. Pupil numbers

Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils
by year group Year group (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total
This table shows numbers of Nursery 0 13,944 0 14,221 28,165
pupils in all ISC schools by year Reception 0 10,140 0 10,090 20,230
group, gender and day/boarding. Year 1 1 11,091 1 10,885 21,978
Year 2 6 11,726 3 11,707 23,442
Year 3 71 13,894 64 13,434 27,463
Year 4 342 14,611 178 14,259 29,390
Year 5 571 15,744 320 15,135 31,770
Year 6 953 16,996 619 16,247 34,815
Year 7 1,844 20,619 1,701 19,696 43,860
Year 8 2,286 20,204 2,066 19,537 44,093
Year 9 4,638 19,031 3,450 18,930 46,049
Year 10 5,565 19,206 4,342 19,419 48,532
Year 11 6,034 18,553 4,751 18,524 47,862
Year 12 7,845 14,410 6,820 14,825 43,900
Year 13 7,892 14,718 6,792 15,158 44,560
Total 38,048 234,887 31,107 232,067 536,109

Table 4. New pupil numbers

Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils
by year group Year group (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total
This table shows the numbers of pupils Nursery 0 7,243 0 7,395 14,638
new to their school this academic year by Reception 0 4,527 0 4,636 9,163
year group, gender and day/boarding. Year 1 0 1,324 0 1,158 2,482
Year 2 4 1,200 1 1,128 2,333
Year 3 34 3,465 33 2,753 6,285
Year 4 169 1,938 72 1,551 3,730
Year 5 151 1,727 105 1,726 3,709
Year 6 260 1,621 182 1,399 3,462
Year 7 741 10,917 1,085 11,402 24,145
Year 8 412 1,256 413 1,409 3,490
Year 9 3,856 4,054 2,323 2,400 12,633
Year 10 1,316 846 1,251 1,042 4,455
Year 11 822 260 830 281 2,193
Year 12 3,064 1,831 3,489 3,051 11,435
Year 13 475 504 473 506 1,958
Total 11,304 42,713 10,257 41,837 106,111
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Table 5. Pupil numbers by region

This table shows the number of pupils by region. Please see Appendix Three Figure 1 for definitions of regions.

No. of Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils Total Total day
Region1,2 schools (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) boarders pupils Total pupils
London 289 2,006 49,505 741 52,180 2,747 101,685 104,432
South Central 218 9,789 29,384 8,175 30,282 17,964 59,666 77,630
South East 202 7,090 32,948 6,449 31,354 13,539 64,302 77,841
East 154 3,461 28,773 3,049 27,160 6,510 55,933 62,443
South West 101 4,782 13,646 4,141 13,755 8,923 27,401 36,324
West Midlands 94 2,673 15,832 2,399 15,271 5,072 31,103 36,175
North West 85 1,200 17,021 853 16,114 2,053 33,135 35,188
East Midlands 68 2,667 10,292 1,754 10,385 4,421 20,677 25,098
Yorkshire and Humber 62 1,656 11,563 1,592 11,453 3,248 23,016 26,264
Scotland 33 1,403 11,160 1,006 11,163 2,409 22,323 24,732
Wales 21 847 2,944 648 3,076 1,495 6,020 7,515
North East 16 190 3,323 135 3,589 325 6,912 7,237
All 3
1,364 38,048 234,887 31,107 232,067 69,155 466,954 536,109
1
The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. See footnote on page 8 for more details.
2
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.
3
The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 6. Fees by region (including nursery fees)

This table shows average termly fees by region and type of school. Please see Appendix Three Figure 1 for definitions of regions.

Day fee Day fee

Region1,2 Boarding fee (boarding schools) (day schools)
South East £12,173 £6,972 £5,260
South Central £11,805 £6,629 £4,819
South West £11,101 £5,681 £4,186
London £13,331 £8,395 £5,759
East £11,212 £6,217 £4,908
Wales £11,041 £4,923 £3,860
East Midlands £10,710 £6,114 £4,262
West Midlands £11,257 £5,477 £3,976
Yorkshire and Humber £12,216 £6,255 £3,839
Scotland £11,021 £6,234 £3,923
North East £9,438 £4,533 £4,012
North West £10,341 £4,936 £3,581
All 3
£11,565 £6,276 £4,682
1
The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. See footnote on page 8 for more details.
2
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.
3
The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Table 7. Fees by age group (including nursery fees)

This table shows average termly fees for different age groups in ISC schools.

Day fee Day fee

Age group Boarding fee (boarding schools) (day schools)
Sixth form £12,239 £7,206 £5,174
Senior £11,304 £6,634 £5,009
Junior £8,406 £5,226 £4,426
Nursery £3,042 £3,498
Overall £11,565 £6,276 £4,682

Table 8a. Contributions to fees: senior, mixed-age and junior schools (termly values)
For ISC schools categorised by pupil age, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Mixed-age Total
Senior Senior Mixed-age (value Junior Junior Total (value % of all
(pupils) (value £m) (pupils) £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) £m) pupils
The school 43,791 118.96 76,276 128.96 32,732 40.02 152,799 287.93 28.5
The school: means-tested bursaries 14,077 60.91 21,321 59.60 6,429 13.81 41,827 134.32 7.8
The school: eligible families1 12,282 24.96 34,153 36.11 24,562 22.36 70,997 83.43 13.2
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested 24,840 29.78 29,673 30.38 3,319 3.31 57,832 63.48 10.8
The school: scholarships: means-tested 994 3.30 1,657 2.64 314 0.51 2,965 6.45 0.6
The school: iTrust 0 0.00 142 0.23 17 0.02 159 0.25 0.03
Early Years Funding 0 0.00 7,366 6.03 16,533 13.45 23,899 19.48 4.5
Local Education Authorities 2 358 3.05 2,042 12.48 221 0.60 2,621 16.13 0.5
Government Music and Dance Scheme 395 2.78 970 7.55 21 0.03 1,386 10.36 0.3
All other sources 782 2.46 1,186 3.13 537 1.14 2,505 6.73 0.5
Total 44,380 127.25 85,138 158.15 47,115 55.23 176,633 340.62 33.9
Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 36.3 35.1 30.2 33.9
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 8b. Contributions to fees: single-sex and co-educational schools (termly values)
For ISC schools categorised by pupil gender, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Single- Single-sex: Single- Single-sex: Total

sex: boys’ boys’ sex: girls’ girls’ Co-ed Co-ed Total (value % of all
(pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) £m) pupils
The school 9,925 23.97 20,748 40.66 122,126 223.30 152,799 287.93 28.5
The school: means-tested bursaries 3,463 13.96 6,497 23.97 31,867 96.40 41,827 134.32 7.8
The school: eligible families1 2,789 4.63 6,697 7.43 61,511 71.36 70,997 83.43 13.2
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested 4,557 4.88 10,134 8.54 43,141 50.06 57,832 63.48 10.8
The school: scholarships: means-tested 211 0.50 275 0.58 2,479 5.37 2,965 6.45 0.6
The school: iTrust 0 0.00 85 0.14 74 0.11 159 0.25 0.03
Early Years Funding 864 0.70 1,567 1.25 21,468 17.52 23,899 19.48 4.5
Local Education Authorities 2 307 1.41 44 0.19 2,270 14.52 2,621 16.13 0.5
Government Music and Dance Scheme 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,386 10.36 1,386 10.36 0.3
All other sources 242 0.66 230 0.76 2,033 5.31 2,505 6.73 0.5
Total 10,901 26.75 21,865 42.86 143,867 271.02 176,633 340.62 33.9
Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 23.2 27.7 36.4 33.9
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Table 8c. Contributions to fees: day and boarding schools (termly values)
For ISC schools categorised by day and boarding, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Schools with Schools with

boarders boarders Day schools Day schools Total
(pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) Total (pupils) (value £m) % of all pupils
The school 77,740 177.28 75,059 110.65 152,799 287.93 28.5
The school: means-tested bursaries 21,676 78.59 20,151 55.73 41,827 134.32 7.8
The school: eligible families1 33,429 52.24 37,568 31.19 70,997 83.43 13.2
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested 34,034 41.68 23,798 21.80 57,832 63.48 10.8
The school: scholarships: means-tested 1,698 4.67 1,267 1.78 2,965 6.45 0.6
The school: iTrust 68 0.10 91 0.15 159 0.25 0.03
Early Years Funding 4,822 3.74 19,077 15.73 23,899 19.48 4.5
Local Education Authorities 2 1,096 6.81 1,525 9.32 2,621 16.13 0.5
Government Music and Dance Scheme 1,381 10.35 5 0.01 1,386 10.36 0.3
All other sources 1,366 4.43 1,139 2.30 2,505 6.73 0.5
Total 83,807 202.60 92,826 138.02 176,633 340.62 33.9
Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 40.4 29.6 33.9
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 9. Total number of non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

This table shows the number of non-British pupils whose parents live overseas by country/area of residence.
Schools
Single-sex: Single-sex: with
Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
France 237 132 60 31 20 378 421 8 429
Germany 998 883 17 41 98 1,759 1,891 7 1,898
Russia 1,012 421 99 67 85 1,380 1,496 36 1,532
Spain 595 492 338 88 154 1,183 1,415 10 1,425
Ireland 30 44 5 7 4 68 78 1 79
Italy 376 138 17 5 13 513 517 14 531
Poland 81 59 1 5 14 122 138 3 141
Romania 61 30 0 1 4 86 88 3 91
Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,014 459 76 53 102 1,394 1,507 42 1,549
Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 763 268 23 39 59 956 1,019 35 1,054
Nigeria 577 255 79 46 176 689 884 27 911
Rest of Africa 440 172 23 25 42 568 614 21 635
USA 191 114 32 23 39 275 318 19 337
Rest of North America 73 19 9 2 4 95 97 4 101
Central and South America 299 149 8 23 63 370 441 15 456
Middle East 467 144 13 22 38 564 586 38 624
Hong Kong 2,798 2,085 120 428 819 3,756 4,956 47 5,003
Mainland China 4,161 3,207 340 282 1,029 6,397 7,192 516 7,708
Taiwan 113 63 3 3 13 163 170 9 179
Japan 280 112 45 31 33 373 419 18 437
South Korea 328 140 17 35 52 398 457 28 485
Malaysia 416 72 4 19 49 424 479 13 492
Thailand 622 262 39 55 119 749 917 6 923
India 147 82 12 13 26 202 224 17 241
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 70 24 1 3 8 84 81 14 95
Central Asia 309 80 9 9 14 375 381 17 398
Remainder of Far East 842 193 11 33 55 958 1,013 33 1,046
Oceania 78 25 7 7 10 93 104 6 110
Total 17,378 10,124 1,408 1,396 3,142 24,372 27,903 1,007 28,910
As a % of all pupils 13.6% 4.0% 0.9% 2.7% 3.8% 6.0% 13.1% 0.3% 5.4%
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Table 10. Total number of non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK
This table shows the number of non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK by country/area of nationality.

Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 450 1,077 622 252 351 1,546 650 1,499 2,149
Germany 306 591 387 152 260 872 513 771 1,284
Russia 265 347 419 134 154 743 496 535 1,031
Spain 247 418 390 133 227 695 359 696 1,055
Ireland 418 724 296 187 269 982 543 895 1,438
Italy 361 556 512 193 299 937 431 998 1,429
Poland 59 179 75 27 59 227 122 191 313
Romania 33 87 73 19 26 148 75 118 193
Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,042 1,789 1,113 423 630 2,891 1,621 2,323 3,944
Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 174 340 235 83 122 544 301 448 749
Nigeria 151 258 91 40 114 346 295 205 500
Rest of Africa 208 366 292 64 145 657 376 490 866
USA 558 1,876 1,069 329 465 2,709 1,671 1,832 3,503
Rest of North America 91 232 225 40 69 439 181 367 548
Central and South America 77 215 129 32 42 347 151 270 421
Middle East 103 309 197 33 79 497 140 469 609
Hong Kong 44 133 42 16 37 166 160 59 219
Mainland China 406 811 660 222 374 1,281 944 933 1,877
Taiwan 5 17 7 2 4 23 14 15 29
Japan 102 226 275 60 148 395 168 435 603
South Korea 103 153 132 49 117 222 127 261 388
Malaysia 42 85 52 24 36 119 71 108 179
Thailand 17 33 11 2 10 49 41 20 61
India 162 589 437 155 316 717 259 929 1,188
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 49 254 112 56 112 247 103 312 415
Central Asia 69 43 57 14 29 126 109 60 169
Remainder of Far East 90 154 77 27 72 222 182 139 321
Oceania 176 388 325 84 155 650 348 541 889
Total 5,808 12,250 8,312 2,852 4,721 18,797 10,451 15,919 26,370
As a % of all pupils 4.6% 4.8% 5.3% 5.6% 5.8% 4.7% 4.9% 4.9% 4.9%
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Table 11. New non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

This table shows the number of new non-British pupils whose parents live overseas by country/area of residence.

Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 114 64 37 10 9 196 210 5 215
Germany 592 581 8 19 68 1,094 1,176 5 1,181
Russia 369 143 36 13 19 516 533 15 548
Spain 333 327 270 56 103 771 922 8 930
Ireland 14 8 1 3 0 20 22 1 23
Italy 172 62 12 3 7 236 239 7 246
Poland 36 29 1 2 8 56 65 1 66
Romania 36 17 0 0 3 50 51 2 53
Remainder of Europe (EEA) 415 216 26 22 45 590 638 19 657
Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 337 92 10 7 19 413 419 20 439
Nigeria 243 82 18 13 43 287 335 8 343
Rest of Africa 214 71 9 4 19 271 286 8 294
USA 83 50 14 9 18 120 144 3 147
Rest of North America 27 8 5 0 2 38 40 0 40
Central and South America 174 111 6 15 53 223 283 8 291
Middle East 239 39 5 9 10 264 266 17 283
Hong Kong 982 646 48 141 230 1,305 1,653 23 1,676
Mainland China 1,878 1,237 163 93 370 2,815 3,054 224 3,278
Taiwan 57 16 2 0 3 72 73 2 75
Japan 92 45 15 13 10 129 152 0 152
South Korea 133 55 4 7 16 169 188 4 192
Malaysia 198 30 1 9 22 198 222 7 229
Thailand 229 97 14 10 26 304 335 5 340
India 55 29 7 3 10 78 84 7 91
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 44 10 0 1 4 49 48 6 54
Central Asia 157 46 3 3 9 194 199 7 206
Remainder of Far East 440 79 6 12 22 491 512 13 525
Oceania 29 10 4 4 8 31 41 2 43
Total 7,692 4,200 725 481 1,156 10,980 12,190 427 12,617
As a % of all new pupils 23.9% 9.5% 2.4% 5.1% 8.0% 13.4% 24.8% 0.8% 11.9%
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Table 12. New non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK

This table shows the number of new non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK by country/area of nationality.

Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 131 248 168 55 83 409 186 361 547
Germany 77 143 88 34 50 224 146 162 308
Russia 74 77 69 24 26 170 117 103 220
Spain 74 89 90 35 49 169 96 157 253
Ireland 99 113 56 35 48 185 106 162 268
Italy 91 134 99 45 48 231 118 206 324
Poland 20 43 21 9 16 59 31 53 84
Romania 12 24 17 4 7 42 19 34 53
Remainder of Europe (EEA) 249 379 279 109 133 665 378 529 907
Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 59 60 63 30 26 126 87 95 182
Nigeria 43 52 18 10 27 76 72 41 113
Rest of Africa 59 93 72 13 31 180 102 122 224
USA 159 499 301 83 99 777 485 474 959
Rest of North America 28 57 46 10 14 107 37 94 131
Central and South America 29 55 44 6 11 111 36 92 128
Middle East 45 74 69 7 23 158 45 143 188
Hong Kong 18 35 8 2 9 50 43 18 61
Mainland China 139 265 204 76 130 402 313 295 608
Taiwan 2 4 4 1 0 9 4 6 10
Japan 25 64 82 16 44 111 48 123 171
South Korea 26 40 49 17 26 72 42 73 115
Malaysia 8 26 13 3 9 35 15 32 47
Thailand 6 10 1 0 3 14 10 7 17
India 35 105 74 27 47 140 62 152 214
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 10 53 20 9 18 56 19 64 83
Central Asia 17 13 16 3 6 37 29 17 46
Remainder of Far East 19 35 23 3 19 55 43 34 77
Oceania 44 78 87 13 28 168 87 122 209
Total 1,598 2,868 2,081 679 1,030 4,838 2,776 3,771 6,547
As a % of all new pupils 5.0% 6.5% 7.0% 7.1% 7.2% 5.9% 5.6% 6.6% 6.2%

Table 13. British pupils with parents living overseas

This table shows the number of British pupils whose parents live abroad or serve in HM Forces, as well as the number who are new to their
school this year.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

British pupils whose parents: Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Live abroad 3,327 1,132 452 465 584 3,862 4,761 150 4,911
Serve in HM Forces 1,403 1,692 1,398 205 428 3,860 3,955 538 4,493
New British pupils whose parents:
Live abroad 981 321 150 129 157 1,166 1,403 49 1,452
Serve in HM Forces 225 305 271 43 67 691 712 89 801
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Table 14. Destination of post-18 school leavers

This table shows the percentage of school leavers in all ISC schools arriving at various destinations post-18.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools Day

Senior Mixed-age boys’ girls’ Co-ed with boarders schools Total
% to UK universities 68.6 72.8 73.1 77.0 69.0 66.8 75.9 70.6
% to overseas universities 4.4 3.1 3.9 3.4 3.9 5.2 1.9 3.8
% to unknown universities 1.5 1.1 2.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.6 1.3
% deferred entries 9.5 7.1 8.5 8.9 8.2 9.6 6.6 8.4
% to other higher education courses 1.1 2.0 0.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5
% to re-take A-levels 1.7 1.3 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.9 1.5
% to further education or training 1.1 2.1 1.6 0.7 1.7 1.3 1.9 1.6
% to employment 1.6 3.4 1.6 0.6 3.0 2.0 3.1 2.5
% to other 5.9 3.9 2.9 3.4 5.5 5.5 4.1 4.9
% to unknown 4.5 3.1 2.2 2.4 4.3 4.7 2.6 3.8
Total number recorded 22,851 21,321 4,182 6,808 33,182 25,687 18,485 44,172

Table 15. Destination of pupils going to non-UK universities

This table shows the destination of post-18 school leavers going to non-UK universities from ISC schools.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools Day

Senior Mixed-age boys’ girls’ Co-ed with boarders schools Total
USA 486 328 122 136 556 617 197 814
Canada 86 49 9 21 105 101 34 135
Hong Kong 84 41 9 18 98 122 3 125
Netherlands 52 67 1 10 108 85 34 119
Spain 49 25 2 7 65 59 15 74
Italy 44 18 3 4 55 56 6 62
Germany 30 18 2 1 45 45 3 48
Australia 30 17 2 7 38 38 9 47
Switzerland 27 16 0 4 39 38 5 43
Unknown 17 22 0 8 31 31 8 39
Other countries 14 19 1 8 24 25 8 33
Ireland 16 15 4 4 23 18 13 31
France 17 12 3 6 20 20 9 29
Japan 16 4 0 4 16 17 3 20
Austria 6 10 0 0 16 15 1 16
Czech Republic 11 4 1 3 11 8 7 15
Russia 7 3 0 0 10 10 0 10
China 8 0 0 1 7 7 1 8
Hungary 5 3 1 0 7 6 2 8
Poland 1 6 0 1 6 5 2 7
United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 6 7 0 7
Bulgaria 4 2 1 0 5 1 5 6
Malaysia 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 5
South Korea 1 4 0 0 5 3 2 5
Denmark 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4
Thailand 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 4
Total 1,025 689 162 246 1,306 1,346 368 1,714
% of all pupils going to higher education 5.3% 3.8% 4.4% 3.9% 4.7% 6.2% 2.3% 4.5%
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Table 16. Size of schools

This table shows all ISC schools by type and various size brackets.
Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with
School size Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
5 - 50 13 10 19 3 1 38 5 37 42
51 - 100 16 23 67 3 2 101 22 84 106
101 - 150 11 30 98 8 10 121 25 114 139
151 - 200 11 41 108 15 17 128 45 115 160
201 - 250 12 33 82 9 14 104 43 84 127
251 - 300 8 21 78 14 9 84 32 75 107
301 - 350 16 27 63 10 11 85 42 64 106
351 - 400 12 27 52 10 8 73 38 53 91
401 - 450 12 25 33 6 10 54 28 42 70
451 - 500 16 19 17 2 9 41 30 22 52
501 - 550 11 21 12 2 8 34 21 23 44
551 - 600 15 29 5 1 13 35 25 24 49
601 - 650 18 20 4 1 15 26 22 20 42
651 - 700 10 4 2 3 1 12 10 6 16
701 - 750 8 16 1 2 6 17 9 16 25
751 - 800 15 13 0 2 6 20 19 9 28
801 - 850 13 14 1 2 3 23 16 12 28
851 - 900 10 6 2 3 3 12 5 13 18
901 - 950 5 15 0 3 5 12 3 17 20
951 - 1000 3 8 0 1 4 6 6 5 11
1001 - 1050 5 10 0 0 2 13 4 11 15
1051 - 1100 4 9 0 0 5 8 5 8 13
1101 - 1150 2 11 0 3 2 8 3 10 13
1151 - 1200 1 6 0 2 2 3 1 6 7
1201 - 1250 2 7 1 1 0 9 5 5 10
1251 - 1300 0 4 0 1 0 3 2 2 4
1301 - 1350 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3
1351 - 1400 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
1401 - 1450 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2
1451 - 1500 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 3
1501 - 1550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1551 - 1600 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 3
1601 - 1650 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 3
1651 - 1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1701+ 0 6 0 0 0 6 2 4 6
Total 251 468 645 112 166 1,086 473 891 1,364
Average size 505 540 243 457 491 372 449 363 393
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Table 17. Boarders as a Schools

percentage of all pupils Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: with Day
% boarders Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
This table shows all ISC
0 90 296 505 75 113 703 0 891 891
schools grouped by type and 1-4 3 11 24 3 4 31 38 0 38
percentage of boarders. 5-9 4 27 27 4 4 50 58 0 58
10 - 14 8 30 27 7 6 52 65 0 65
15 - 19 5 27 13 1 8 36 45 0 45
20 - 24 12 19 13 3 1 40 44 0 44
25 - 29 6 10 8 1 3 20 24 0 24
30 - 34 7 8 8 1 3 19 23 0 23
35 - 39 9 10 2 0 5 16 21 0 21
40 - 44 8 5 3 0 5 11 16 0 16
45 - 49 6 7 3 2 1 13 16 0 16
50 - 54 10 2 2 1 2 11 14 0 14
55 - 59 14 2 0 2 0 14 16 0 16
60 - 64 3 3 2 1 0 7 8 0 8
65 - 69 6 1 2 1 1 7 9 0 9
70 - 74 3 3 0 1 0 5 6 0 6
75 - 79 11 3 1 0 2 13 15 0 15
80 - 84 13 0 1 0 3 11 14 0 14
85 - 89 7 2 1 2 0 8 10 0 10
90 - 94 9 0 0 1 3 5 9 0 9
95 - 99 9 1 0 0 1 9 10 0 10
100 8 1 3 6 1 5 12 0 12
Total 251 468 645 112 166 1,086 473 891 1,364
% boarders 35.2% 7.1% 4.1% 13.2% 9.9% 13.5% 32.6% 0.0% 12.9%

Table 18. Boys as a Schools

percentage of all pupils Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: with Day
% boys Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
This table shows all ISC
0 44 69 22 0 135 0 44 91 135
schools grouped by type and 1-4 0 19 11 0 21 9 11 19 30
percentage of boys. 5-9 0 5 9 0 9 5 2 12 14
10 - 14 1 5 5 0 1 10 1 10 11
15 - 19 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 4 6
20 - 24 1 6 3 0 0 10 3 7 10
25 - 29 2 4 1 0 0 7 3 4 7
30 - 34 3 8 5 0 0 16 4 12 16
35 - 39 4 6 6 0 0 16 4 12 16
40 - 44 3 9 31 0 0 43 6 37 43
45 - 49 14 40 83 0 0 137 29 108 137
50 - 54 27 110 171 0 0 308 105 203 308
55 - 59 53 77 138 0 0 268 118 150 268
60 - 64 46 40 58 0 0 144 67 77 144
65 - 69 9 16 18 0 0 43 15 28 43
70 - 74 7 12 5 0 0 24 10 14 24
75 - 79 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 8
80 - 84 3 3 0 0 0 6 3 3 6
85 - 89 3 2 4 1 0 8 4 5 9
90 - 94 3 4 2 2 0 7 0 9 9
95 - 99 3 5 11 8 0 11 6 13 19
100 23 21 57 101 0 0 35 66 101
Total 251 468 645 112 166 1,086 473 891 1,364
% boys 54.4% 45.9% 56.2% 99.7% 0.4% 54.9% 54.0% 48.9% 50.9%
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Table 19. Teacher numbers1

This table shows the number of teachers in all ISC schools by type of school.
Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day
Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Men 7,751 9,317 4,040 3,113 1,854 16,141 11,315 9,793 21,108
Women 6,580 13,895 8,771 2,027 5,698 21,521 11,868 17,378 29,246
Total 14,331 23,212 12,811 5,140 7,552 37,662 23,183 27,171 50,354
Part-time
Men 1,110 1,372 499 289 368 2,324 1,512 1,469 2,981
Women 3,227 6,916 3,804 803 3,108 10,036 5,768 8,179 13,947
Total 4,337 8,288 4,303 1,092 3,476 12,360 7,280 9,648 16,928
Part-time hours
Men 17,539 23,893 8,425 5,009 6,283 38,565 24,498 25,359 49,857
Women 55,295 127,969 72,221 15,309 55,772 184,404 102,492 152,993 255,485
Total 72,834 151,862 80,646 20,318 62,055 222,969 126,990 178,352 305,342
Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)
Men 8,291 10,052 4,299 3,267 2,047 17,328 12,069 10,573 22,642
Women 8,281 17,832 10,993 2,498 7,414 27,195 15,022 22,085 37,107
Total 16,572 27,885 15,292 5,765 9,461 44,523 27,090 32,659 59,749
1
Nursery teachers are not included.

Table 20. Teaching assistant numbers1

This table shows the number of teaching assistants in all ISC schools by type of school.
Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with
Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
Men 130 267 401 104 30 664 276 522 798
Women 231 1,997 3,405 405 612 4,616 1,429 4,204 5,633
Total 361 2,264 3,806 509 642 5,280 1,705 4,726 6,431
Part-time
Men 45 112 105 33 16 213 68 194 262
Women 281 1,777 2,304 241 503 3,618 1,314 3,048 4,362
Total 326 1,889 2,409 274 519 3,831 1,382 3,242 4,624
Part-time hours
Men 615 1,912 1,872 611 251 3,537 1,226 3,173 4,399
Women 4,460 35,966 47,368 4,618 10,878 72,296 26,155 61,637 87,793
Total 5,074 37,878 49,240 5,230 11,129 75,833 27,382 64,810 92,191
Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)
Men 149 326 459 123 38 773 314 620 933
Women 368 3,104 4,862 547 947 6,840 2,234 6,101 8,334
Total 517 3,429 5,321 670 984 7,613 2,548 6,720 9,268
1
Nursery staff are not included.

Table 21. Pupil-teacher ratios

This table shows the pupil and teacher gender ratios, along with the overall pupil-teacher ratio in ISC schools.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with

Pupils Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
Boys 68,955 115,902 88,078 51,052 351 221,532 114,588 158,347 272,935
Girls 57,874 136,715 68,585 162 81,073 181,939 97,806 165,368 263,174
Total 126,829 252,617 156,663 51,214 81,424 403,471 212,394 323,715 536,109
Gender ratios
Boys:girls (pupils) 1.2:1 0.8:1 1.3:1 315.1:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1
Men:women (teachers)1 1.0:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.3:1 0.3:1 0.6:1 0.8:1 0.5:1 0.6:1
Men:women (teaching
assistants)1 0.4:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.0:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio2 7.6:1 8.7:1 9.0:1 8.7:1 8.4:1 8.5:1 7.6:1 9.3:1 8.5:1
1
Excludes nursery staff.
2
Pupil-teacher ratios exclude nursery teachers and nursery pupils.
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Table 22. Changes to full-time teachers

This table shows the number of full-time teachers coming into ISC schools (broken down by previous occupation)
and leaving ISC schools (broken down by destination).

Schools
Mixed- Single- Single- with Day
Arriving from Senior age Junior sex: boys’ sex: girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Independent schools 859 894 637 252 448 1,690 1,200 1,190 2,390
State-funded schools 649 1,304 617 175 426 1,969 1,007 1,563 2,570
ITT at university or training college 147 192 48 23 60 304 188 199 387
New graduates 138 142 86 53 41 272 197 169 366
Industry 89 101 33 41 34 148 133 90 223
Outside the UK 139 186 132 44 55 358 213 244 457
Retirement 24 23 13 15 11 34 30 30 60
Maternity leave 115 197 82 30 108 256 155 239 394
Part-time 98 239 125 33 93 336 213 249 462
Other 173 347 174 59 105 530 297 397 694
Total 2,431 3,625 1,947 725 1,381 5,897 3,633 4,370 8,003
Going to
Independent schools 663 645 506 200 314 1,300 911 903 1,814
State-funded schools 206 430 162 54 117 627 350 448 798
Industry 89 120 72 40 35 206 130 151 281
Outside the UK 150 235 144 56 72 401 221 308 529
Retirement 328 544 339 102 222 887 542 669 1,211
Maternity leave 210 343 248 60 200 541 269 532 801
Part-time 194 308 174 50 123 503 259 417 676
Other 478 780 407 131 256 1,278 805 860 1,665
Total 2,318 3,405 2,052 693 1,339 5,743 3,487 4,288 7,775
Net gain
Independent schools 196 249 131 52 134 390 289 287 576
State-funded schools 443 874 455 121 309 1,342 657 1,115 1,772
Industry 0 -19 -39 1 -1 -58 3 -61 -58
Outside the UK -11 -49 -12 -12 -17 -43 -8 -64 -72
Retirement -304 -521 -326 -87 -211 -853 -512 -639 -1,151
Maternity leave -95 -146 -166 -30 -92 -285 -114 -293 -407
Part-time -96 -69 -49 -17 -30 -167 -46 -168 -214
Other -305 -433 -233 -72 -151 -748 -508 -463 -971
Total 113 220 -105 32 42 154 146 82 228
Full-time teachers
Turnover as % of full-time teachers 16.2 14.7 16.0 13.5 17.7 15.2 15.0 15.8 15.4
Gain as % of full-time teachers 0.8 0.9 -0.8 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5
Total 14,331 23,212 12,811 5,140 7,552 37,662 23,183 27,171 50,354

Table 23. SEND pupils1

This table shows the numbers of pupils who have been identified with SEND.

Single- Single- Schools

Mixed- sex: sex: with Day
Types of SEND Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Specific learning difficulty (SPLD) 15,456 23,958 9,059 4,457 7,030 36,986 24,696 23,777 48,473
Moderate learning difficulty (MLD) 477 1,802 1,177 194 366 2,896 1,746 1,710 3,456
Severe learning difficulty (SLD) 39 210 105 49 14 291 126 228 354
Profound and multiple learning difficulty (PMLD) 2 32 13 1 3 43 17 30 47
Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) 3,200 5,402 1,792 841 1,739 7,814 4,630 5,764 10,394
Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) 621 2,890 2,729 676 429 5,135 2,326 3,914 6,240
Hearing impairment (HI) 398 897 457 179 277 1,296 620 1,132 1,752
Visual impairment (VI) 403 870 374 193 172 1,282 590 1,057 1,647
Multi-Sensory impairment (MSI) 31 198 148 19 38 320 124 253 377
Physical difficulty (PD) 400 958 415 213 272 1,288 621 1,152 1,773
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) 1,106 3,254 1,001 660 362 4,339 2,120 3,241 5,361
Other difficulty/disability 1,993 3,753 1,514 687 720 5,853 2,929 4,331 7,260
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type
of need 1,974 4,577 4,939 1,249 1,275 8,966 4,619 6,871 11,490
Total 22,796 40,672 20,825 7,998 11,143 65,152 38,894 45,399 84,293
% pupils with SEND 18.0% 16.1% 13.3% 15.6% 13.7% 16.1% 18.3% 14.0% 15.7%
1
Some pupils have more than one SEND: they are counted under each individual category of SEND, but are counted only once in the total.
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Appendix Two
Comparative Tables

Tables in Appendix Two show comparative figures for the 1,307 schools that participated in the Census in
both 2018 and 2019. In each table the 2019 figures are printed in bold and the 2018 figures are printed in
italics. Figures highlighted in yellow show the percentage change between the two years. Where schools are
categorised by age, gender and by day and boarding, the categorisation is based on the school as it is in 2019;
in a small number of cases this will differ from how the school would have been categorised in 2018.

Table 1a. Changes to pupil GSA HMC IAPS ISA SofH Total
numbers by association Number of schools 147 292 603 442 106 1,307
Pupils
This table shows total school Boarders (boys) 58 25,884 9,155 4,859 4,196 37,952
and pupil numbers for schools 52 26,004 9,310 4,985 4,287 38,306
that participated in the 11.5% -0.5% -1.7% -2.5% -2.1% -0.9%
Boarders (girls) 8,470 19,294 6,952 4,580 3,279 31,092
Census in both 2018 and 2019, 8,588 19,398 7,080 4,458 3,388 31,196
including a breakdown by ISC -1.4% -0.5% -1.8% 2.7% -3.2% -0.3%
Day pupils (boys) 2,821 110,015 117,696 45,224 23,472 230,839
association. Where schools are
2,808 109,242 118,006 45,184 23,290 230,521
in more than one association, 0.5% 0.7% -0.3% 0.1% 0.8% 0.1%
the figures are included in Day pupils (girls) 70,921 85,703 107,702 44,005 17,584 228,440
70,597 84,628 107,492 44,044 17,280 227,592
all associations of which the 0.5% 1.3% 0.2% -0.1% 1.8% 0.4%
school is in membership. Total (boys) 2,879 135,899 126,851 50,083 27,668 268,791
2,860 135,246 127,316 50,169 27,577 268,827
0.7% 0.5% -0.4% -0.2% 0.3% -0.0%
Total (girls) 79,391 104,997 114,654 48,585 20,863 259,532
79,185 104,026 114,572 48,502 20,668 258,788
0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.3%
Total 82,270 240,896 241,505 98,668 48,531 528,323
82,045 239,272 241,888 98,671 48,245 527,615
0.3% 0.7% -0.2% -0.0% 0.6% 0.1%

Table 1b. Changes to pupil numbers by category of school

This table shows total school and pupil numbers for schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, including a
breakdown by category of school. The girls at “single-sex: boys’” schools and the boys at “single-sex: girls’” schools are all in the nursery.

Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Schools Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Number of schools 244 440 623 108 164 1,035 469 838 1,307
Pupils
Boarders (boys) 24,317 9,441 4,194 6,729 0 31,223 37,952 0 37,952
24,515 9,538 4,253 6,774 0 31,532 38,275 31 38,306
-0.8% -1.0% -1.4% -0.7% -1.0% -0.8% -100.0% -0.9%
Boarders (girls) 20,295 8,510 2,287 0 8,062 23,030 31,092 0 31,092
20,226 8,726 2,244 3 8,133 23,060 31,185 11 31,196
0.3% -2.5% 1.9% -100.0% -0.9% -0.1% -0.3% -100.0% -0.3%
Day pupils (boys) 44,369 104,320 82,150 43,806 351 186,682 76,337 154,502 230,839
43,758 103,769 82,994 43,707 395 186,419 75,807 154,714 230,521
1.4% 0.5% -1.0% 0.2% -11.1% 0.1% 0.7% -0.1% 0.1%
Day pupils (girls) 36,379 127,324 64,737 160 71,631 156,649 66,594 161,846 228,440
35,719 126,555 65,318 173 71,353 156,066 65,798 161,794 227,592
1.8% 0.6% -0.9% -7.5% 0.4% 0.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.4%
Total (boys) 68,686 113,761 86,344 50,535 351 217,905 114,289 154,502 268,791
68,273 113,307 87,247 50,481 395 217,951 114,082 154,745 268,827
0.6% 0.4% -1.0% 0.1% -11.1% -0.0% 0.2% -0.2% -0.0%
Total (girls) 56,674 135,834 67,024 160 79,693 179,679 97,686 161,846 259,532
55,945 135,281 67,562 176 79,486 179,126 96,983 161,805 258,788
1.3% 0.4% -0.8% -9.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
Total 125,360 249,595 153,368 50,695 80,044 397,584 211,975 316,348 528,323
124,218 248,588 154,809 50,657 79,881 397,077 211,065 316,550 527,615
0.9% 0.4% -0.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% -0.1% 0.1%
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Table 2. Changes to pupil Age Boarders (boys) Day pupils (boys) Boarders (girls) Day pupils (girls) Total
numbers by age 0-2 0 5,491 0 5,537 11,028
0 5,358 0 5,449 10,807
This table shows numbers
2.5% 1.6% 2.0%
of pupils in ISC schools that 3 0 7,980 0 8,289 16,269
participated in the Census in 0 8,267 0 8,249 16,516
both 2018 and 2019 by age, -3.5% 0.5% -1.5%
4 0 9,948 0 10,010 19,958
gender and day/boarding.
0 10,339 0 10,096 20,435
-3.8% -0.9% -2.3%
5 1 10,862 1 10,610 21,474
0 10,921 0 11,082 22,003
-0.5% -4.3% -2.4%
6 5 11,444 3 11,530 22,982
1 11,936 1 11,884 23,822
400.0% -4.1% 200.0% -3.0% -3.5%
7 76 13,553 67 13,136 26,832
81 13,447 52 13,207 26,787
-6.2% 0.8% 28.8% -0.5% 0.2%
8 293 14,278 177 13,981 28,729
335 14,537 140 13,923 28,935
-12.5% -1.8% 26.4% 0.4% -0.7%
9 562 15,409 325 14,815 31,111
597 15,869 375 15,264 32,105
-5.9% -2.9% -13.3% -2.9% -3.1%
10 958 16,633 621 15,927 34,139
997 16,648 595 15,958 34,198
-3.9% -0.1% 4.4% -0.2% -0.2%
11 1,765 20,261 1,663 19,395 43,084
1,769 19,533 1,587 19,017 41,906
-0.2% 3.7% 4.8% 2.0% 2.8%
12 2,202 19,856 2,046 19,361 43,465
2,207 19,608 2,025 18,728 42,568
-0.2% 1.3% 1.0% 3.4% 2.1%
13 4,402 18,775 3,278 18,626 45,081
4,319 18,648 3,268 18,807 45,042
1.9% 0.7% 0.3% -1.0% 0.1%
14 5,150 18,907 3,988 19,022 47,067
5,237 18,197 4,077 18,201 45,712
-1.7% 3.9% -2.2% 4.5% 3.0%
15 5,999 18,169 4,874 18,211 47,253
6,001 17,441 4,715 17,858 46,015
-0.0% 4.2% 3.4% 2.0% 2.7%
16 7,184 14,117 6,098 14,533 41,932
7,386 14,368 6,351 14,563 42,668
-2.7% -1.7% -4.0% -0.2% -1.7%
17 7,375 13,569 6,249 13,862 41,055
7,475 13,717 6,481 13,763 41,436
-1.3% -1.1% -3.6% 0.7% -0.9%
18 1,691 1,330 1,456 1,220 5,697
1,592 1,454 1,341 1,303 5,690
6.2% -8.5% 8.6% -6.4% 0.1%
19 289 257 246 375 1,167
309 233 188 240 970
-6.5% 10.3% 30.9% 56.3% 20.3%
Total 37,952 230,839 31,092 228,440 528,323
38,306 230,521 31,196 227,592 527,615
-0.9% 0.1% -0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
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Table 3. Changes to pupil Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils

numbers by year group Year group (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total
Nursery 0 13,673 0 13,967 27,640
This table shows numbers
0 13,805 0 13,756 27,561
of pupils in ISC schools that
-1.0% 1.5% 0.3%
participated in the Census in Reception 0 9,911 0 9,906 19,817
both 2018 and 2019 by year 0 10,303 0 10,115 20,418
group, gender and day/boarding. -3.8% -2.1% -2.9%
Year 1 1 10,863 1 10,679 21,544
0 10,961 0 11,039 22,000
-0.9% -3.3% -2.1%
Year 2 6 11,461 3 11,491 22,961
2 11,935 2 11,892 23,831
200.0% -4.0% 50.0% -3.4% -3.7%
Year 3 71 13,547 64 13,166 26,848
74 13,460 49 13,274 26,857
-4.1% 0.6% 30.6% -0.8% -0.0%
Year 4 342 14,299 178 13,971 28,790
336 14,563 151 13,946 28,996
1.8% -1.8% 17.9% 0.2% -0.7%
Year 5 571 15,407 320 14,839 31,137
618 15,873 364 15,226 32,081
-7.6% -2.9% -12.1% -2.5% -2.9%
Year 6 952 16,654 617 15,901 34,124
1,000 16,631 600 15,910 34,141
-4.8% 0.1% 2.8% -0.1% -0.0%
Year 7 1,827 20,387 1,698 19,490 43,402
1,855 19,672 1,624 18,971 42,122
-1.5% 3.6% 4.6% 2.7% 3.0%
Year 8 2,264 19,915 2,063 19,289 43,531
2,240 19,656 2,048 18,829 42,773
1.1% 1.3% 0.7% 2.4% 1.8%
Year 9 4,628 18,794 3,450 18,709 45,581
4,662 18,624 3,469 18,816 45,571
-0.7% 0.9% -0.5% -0.6% 0.0%
Year 10 5,551 18,914 4,341 19,151 47,957
5,663 18,404 4,432 18,352 46,851
-2.0% 2.8% -2.1% 4.4% 2.4%
Year 11 6,021 18,309 4,749 18,275 47,354
5,932 17,493 4,517 17,860 45,802
1.5% 4.7% 5.1% 2.3% 3.4%
Year 12 7,838 14,209 6,819 14,621 43,487
8,186 14,581 7,075 14,798 44,640
-4.3% -2.6% -3.6% -1.2% -2.6%
Year 13 7,880 14,496 6,789 14,985 44,150
7,738 14,560 6,865 14,808 43,971
1.8% -0.4% -1.1% 1.2% 0.4%
Total 37,952 230,839 31,092 228,440 528,323
38,306 230,521 31,196 227,592 527,615
-0.9% 0.1% -0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
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Table 4. Changes to new pupil Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils
numbers by year group Year group (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total
Nursery 0 7,095 0 7,232 14,327
This table shows numbers of
0 7,409 0 7,289 14,698
new pupils in ISC schools that
-4.2% -0.8% -2.5%
participated in the Census in both Reception 0 4,419 0 4,565 8,984
2018 and 2019 by year group, 0 4,634 0 4,543 9,177
gender and day/boarding. -4.6% 0.5% -2.1%
Year 1 0 1,297 0 1,133 2,430
0 1,347 0 1,225 2,572
-3.7% -7.5% -5.5%
Year 2 4 1,181 1 1,108 2,294
1 1,253 1 1,189 2,444
300.0% -5.7% 0.0% -6.8% -6.1%
Year 3 34 3,284 33 2,619 5,970
37 3,258 33 2,672 6,000
-8.1% 0.8% 0.0% -2.0% -0.5%
Year 4 169 1,905 72 1,526 3,672
179 1,957 67 1,590 3,793
-5.6% -2.7% 7.5% -4.0% -3.2%
Year 5 152 1,694 104 1,704 3,654
182 1,829 127 1,757 3,895
-16.5% -7.4% -18.1% -3.0% -6.2%
Year 6 261 1,601 180 1,375 3,417
267 1,674 179 1,449 3,569
-2.2% -4.4% 0.6% -5.1% -4.3%
Year 7 728 10,857 1,085 11,356 24,026
766 10,276 1,054 11,037 23,133
-5.0% 5.7% 2.9% 2.9% 3.9%
Year 8 409 1,236 413 1,394 3,452
438 1,290 400 1,204 3,332
-6.6% -4.2% 3.3% 15.8% 3.6%
Year 9 3,853 4,031 2,323 2,377 12,584
3,811 4,176 2,261 2,605 12,853
1.1% -3.5% 2.7% -8.8% -2.1%
Year 10 1,312 826 1,250 1,023 4,411
1,331 867 1,350 1,091 4,639
-1.4% -4.7% -7.4% -6.2% -4.9%
Year 11 822 250 830 261 2,163
786 315 756 370 2,227
4.6% -20.6% 9.8% -29.5% -2.9%
Year 12 3,063 1,818 3,489 3,041 11,411
3,194 1,784 3,608 3,211 11,797
-4.1% 1.9% -3.3% -5.3% -3.3%
Year 13 473 499 471 502 1,945
511 568 470 525 2,074
-7.4% -12.1% 0.2% -4.4% -6.2%
Total 11,280 41,993 10,251 41,216 104,740
11,503 42,637 10,306 41,757 106,203
-1.9% -1.5% -0.5% -1.3% -1.4%
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Table 5. Changes to pupil numbers by region

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, this table shows the number of pupils by region. Please
see Appendix Three Figure 1 for definitions of regions.

No. of Boarders Day pupils Boarders Day pupils Total day

Region1,2 schools (boys) (boys) (girls) (girls) Total boarders pupils Total pupils
London 274 2,006 48,106 741 50,987 2,747 99,093 101,840
274 1,974 48,065 713 50,598 2,687 98,663 101,350
1.6% 0.1% 3.9% 0.8% 2.2% 0.4% 0.5%
South Central 210 9,789 28,841 8,175 29,790 17,964 58,631 76,595
210 9,821 28,779 8,072 29,887 17,893 58,666 76,559
-0.3% 0.2% 1.3% -0.3% 0.4% -0.1% 0.0%
South East 199 7,080 32,671 6,449 31,155 13,529 63,826 77,355
199 7,254 32,676 6,613 31,056 13,867 63,732 77,599
-2.4% -0.0% -2.5% 0.3% -2.4% 0.1% -0.3%
East 147 3,461 28,323 3,049 26,695 6,510 55,018 61,528
147 3,433 28,031 2,916 26,248 6,349 54,279 60,628
0.8% 1.0% 4.6% 1.7% 2.5% 1.4% 1.5%
South West 96 4,782 13,429 4,141 13,545 8,923 26,974 35,897
96 4,831 13,359 4,127 13,534 8,958 26,893 35,851
-1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% -0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
West Midlands 90 2,654 15,652 2,392 15,067 5,046 30,719 35,765
90 2,687 15,740 2,382 15,214 5,069 30,954 36,023
-1.2% -0.6% 0.4% -1.0% -0.5% -0.8% -0.7%
North West 82 1,145 16,866 853 16,000 1,998 32,866 34,864
82 1,139 16,913 868 16,036 2,007 32,949 34,956
0.5% -0.3% -1.7% -0.2% -0.4% -0.3% -0.3%
East Midlands 64 2,655 9,948 1,746 10,122 4,401 20,070 24,471
64 2,667 9,994 1,805 10,098 4,472 20,092 24,564
-0.4% -0.5% -3.3% 0.2% -1.6% -0.1% -0.4%
Yorkshire and Humber 59 1,656 11,310 1,592 11,171 3,248 22,481 25,729
59 1,742 11,376 1,698 11,190 3,440 22,566 26,006
-4.9% -0.6% -6.2% -0.2% -5.6% -0.4% -1.1%
Scotland 32 1,403 11,052 1,006 11,062 2,409 22,114 24,523
32 1,427 11,006 1,050 10,949 2,477 21,955 24,432
-1.7% 0.4% -4.2% 1.0% -2.7% 0.7% 0.4%
Wales 19 847 2,888 648 3,024 1,495 5,912 7,407
19 842 2,810 654 2,930 1,496 5,740 7,236
0.6% 2.8% -0.9% 3.2% -0.1% 3.0% 2.4%
North East 16 190 3,323 135 3,589 325 6,912 7,237
16 197 3,298 137 3,603 334 6,901 7,235
-3.6% 0.8% -1.5% -0.4% -2.7% 0.2% 0.0%
All 3 1,307 37,952 230,839 31,092 228,440 69,044 459,279 528,323
1,307 38,306 230,521 31,196 227,592 69,502 458,113 527,615
-0.9% 0.1% -0.3% 0.4% -0.7% 0.3% 0.1%
1
The methodology used to allocate schools to regions has changed from 2018. See footnote on page 8 for more detail. To ensure that pupils in 2018 and 2019 are
comparable in the table above, schools in both years are allocated to regions using the new methodology.
2
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.
3
The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Table 6. Changes to fees by region Day fee Day fee

Looking at ISC schools that Region1,2 Boarding fee (boarding schools) (day schools)
London £13,331 £8,395 £5,787
participated in the Census in both 2018
£13,044 £8,391 £5,538
and 2019, this table shows the average 2.2% 0.0% 4.5%
termly fees by region. Please see South Central £11,805 £6,629 £4,869
Appendix Three Figure 1 for definitions £11,399 £6,594 £4,707
3.6% 0.5% 3.4%
of regions.
South East £12,175 £6,967 £5,299
£11,763 £6,727 £5,118
3.5% 3.6% 3.5%
East £11,212 £6,217 £4,973
£10,647 £5,989 £4,789
5.3% 3.8% 3.8%
South West £11,101 £5,681 £4,234
£10,898 £5,572 £4,098
1.9% 2.0% 3.3%
West Midlands £11,169 £5,475 £4,004
£10,935 £5,323 £3,862
2.1% 2.9% 3.7%
North West £10,572 £5,042 £3,599
£10,358 £5,142 £3,486
2.1% -1.9% 3.2%
East Midlands £10,720 £6,114 £4,257
£10,499 £6,120 £4,063
2.1% -0.1% 4.8%
Yorkshire and
Humber £12,216 £6,255 £3,903
£11,712 £5,588 £3,799
4.3% 11.9% 2.7%
Scotland £11,021 £6,234 £3,954
£10,588 £5,872 £3,832
4.1% 6.2% 3.2%
1
The methodology used to allocate schools to Wales £11,041 £4,923 £3,942
regions has changed from 2018. See footnote
on page 8 for more details. To ensure that fees £10,804 £4,727 £3,917
in 2018 and 2019 are comparable in the table 2.2% 4.1% 0.7%
above, schools in both years are allocated to North East £9,438 £4,533 £4,012
regions using the new methodology.
2
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and
£9,159 £4,374 £3,873
the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small 3.0% 3.6% 3.6%
number of schools in these regions. All 3 £11,568 £6,278 £4,714
3
The total includes data for schools in Northern
Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
£11,216 £6,121 £4,539
3.1% 2.6% 3.9%

Table 7. Changes to fees by school Day fee Day fee

type and age group Boarding fee (boarding schools) (day schools)
Sixth form £12,230 £7,218 £5,230
For ISC schools that participated in the
£11,790 £7,056 £5,022
Census in both 2018 and 2019, this 3.7% 2.3% 4.1%
table shows average termly fees for Senior £11,315 £6,636 £5,049
different age groups. £11,006 £6,517 £4,864
2.8% 1.8% 3.8%
Junior £8,406 £5,226 £4,447
£8,252 £4,924 £4,295
1.9% 6.1% 3.5%
Nursery £3,042 £3,495
£2,847 £3,339
6.8% 4.7%
Overall £11,568 £6,278 £4,714
£11,216 £6,121 £4,539
3.1% 2.6% 3.9%
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Table 8a. Changes to contributions to fees: senior, mixed-age and junior schools (termly values)
For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type
of contribution.

Senior Senior Mixed-age Mixed-age Junior Junior Total Total % of all

(pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) pupils
The school
43,241 117.9 75,118 128.7 31,889 39.6 150,248 286.2 28.4
42,445 109.7 72,505 123.7 31,937 38.5 146,887 272.0 27.8
1.9% 7.5% 3.6% 4.0% -0.2% 2.6% 2.3% 5.2% 2.2%
The school: means-tested bursaries
13,933 60.6 20,533 59.1 6,380 13.7 40,846 133.5 7.7
13,376 55.9 20,438 56.6 6,469 13.1 40,283 125.6 7.6
4.2% 8.5% 0.5% 4.5% -1.4% 4.3% 1.4% 6.3% 1.3%
The school: eligible families1
12,056 24.6 33,008 35.9 23,772 22.0 68,836 82.6 13.0
11,334 22.2 31,328 34.5 23,488 21.2 66,150 77.9 12.5
6.4% 10.9% 5.4% 4.1% 1.2% 4.1% 4.1% 6.0% 3.9%
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested
24,583 29.4 29,923 30.8 3,311 3.3 57,817 63.4 10.9
24,027 28.2 29,754 30.2 3,452 3.5 57,233 61.8 10.8
2.3% 4.4% 0.6% 1.9% -4.1% -5.4% 1.0% 2.6% 0.9%
The school: scholarships: means-tested
994 3.3 1,657 2.6 300 0.5 2,951 6.4 0.6
998 3.5 1,204 2.3 363 0.7 2,565 6.6 0.5
-0.4% -6.5% 37.6% 14.3% -17.4% -30.5% 15.0% -1.8% 14.9%
The school: iTrust
0 0.00 142 0.23 17 0.02 159 0.25 0.03
0 0.00 28 0.10 20 0.03 48 0.13 0.01
407.1% 138.6% -15.0% -24.8% 231.3% 99.8% 230.8%
Early Years Funding
0 0.0 7,385 6.1 15,925 12.9 23,310 18.9 4.4
0 0.0 7,535 5.9 16,166 12.2 23,701 18.1 4.5
-2.0% 2.9% -1.5% 5.5% -1.6% 4.7% -1.8%
Local Education Authorities2
281 1.9 1,991 12.1 214 0.6 2,486 14.5 0.5
261 1.7 1,680 9.8 156 0.5 2,097 12.1 0.4
7.7% 7.5% 18.5% 22.7% 37.2% 15.6% 18.6% 20.2% 18.4%
Government Music and Dance Scheme
395 2.8 970 7.6 21 0.0 1,386 10.4 0.3
384 2.7 1,036 7.9 31 0.0 1,451 10.6 0.3
2.9% 3.1% -6.4% -3.9% -32.3% 19.5% -4.5% -2.1% -4.6%
All other sources
778 2.5 1,140 3.1 536 1.1 2,454 6.7 0.5
1,381 4.0 1,117 3.2 563 1.4 3,061 8.6 0.6
-43.7% -39.2% 2.1% -1.6% -4.8% -17.0% -19.8% -21.8% -19.9%
Total
43,757 125.0 83,969 157.5 45,780 54.2 173,506 336.7 33.8
43,574 118.2 81,314 150.4 45,968 52.7 170,856 321.3 33.3
0.4% 5.8% 3.3% 4.7% -0.4% 2.9% 1.6% 4.8% 1.4%
Number of pupils as a % of all pupils
36.2 35.0 30.0 33.8
36.4 34.1 29.8 33.3
-0.6% 2.8% 0.6% 1.4%
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Table 8b. Changes to contributions to fees: single-sex and co-educational schools (termly values)
For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees
by type of contribution.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Single-sex: Single-sex: girls’ Co-ed Co-ed Total Total % of all
boys’ (pupils) boys’ (value £m) girls’ (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) pupils
The school
9,810 23.9 20,200 39.7 120,238 222.6 150,248 286.2 28.4
9,522 23.8 19,522 37.5 117,843 210.7 146,887 272.0 27.8
3.0% 0.6% 3.5% 5.9% 2.0% 5.6% 2.3% 5.2% 2.2%
The school: means-tested bursaries
3,460 13.9 6,407 23.8 30,979 95.8 40,846 133.5 7.7
3,367 13.4 6,499 22.6 30,417 89.6 40,283 125.6 7.6
2.8% 3.7% -1.4% 5.3% 1.8% 6.9% 1.4% 6.3% 1.3%
The school: eligible families1
2,677 4.6 6,435 7.0 59,724 71.0 68,836 82.6 13.0
2,619 4.3 5,843 6.3 57,688 67.3 66,150 77.9 12.5
2.2% 7.4% 10.1% 11.3% 3.5% 5.5% 4.1% 6.0% 3.9%
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested
4,557 4.9 9,882 8.2 43,378 50.4 57,817 63.4 10.9
4,348 5.2 9,326 7.7 43,559 48.9 57,233 61.8 10.8
4.8% -6.5% 6.0% 5.7% -0.4% 3.1% 1.0% 2.6% 0.9%
The school: scholarships: means-tested
211 0.5 275 0.6 2,465 5.4 2,951 6.4 0.6
169 0.8 340 0.9 2,056 4.8 2,565 6.6 0.5
24.9% -40.3% -19.1% -33.3% 19.9% 10.6% 15.0% -1.8% 14.9%
The school: iTrust
0 0.00 85 0.14 74 0.11 159 0.25 0.03
1 0.00 0 0.00 47 0.12 48 0.13 0.01
-100.0% -100.0% 57.4% -9.9% 231.3% 99.8% 230.8%
Early Years Funding
841 0.7 1,537 1.2 20,932 17.0 23,310 18.9 4.4
841 0.6 1,599 1.3 21,261 16.2 23,701 18.1 4.5
0.0% 6.2% -3.9% -2.9% -1.5% 5.2% -1.6% 4.7% -1.8%
Local Education Authorities2
307 1.4 40 0.2 2,139 12.9 2,486 14.5 0.5
324 1.7 46 0.2 1,727 10.2 2,097 12.1 0.4
-5.2% -18.1% -13.0% -0.5% 23.9% 27.1% 18.6% 20.2% 18.4%
Government Music and Dance Scheme
0 0.0 0 0.0 1,386 10.4 1,386 10.4 0.3
7 0.0 0 0.0 1,444 10.6 1,451 10.6 0.3
-100.0% -100.0% -4.0% -2.0% -4.5% -2.1% -4.6%
All other sources
242 0.7 230 0.8 1,982 5.3 2,454 6.7 0.5
306 1.0 362 0.7 2,393 6.9 3,061 8.6 0.6
-20.9% -31.8% -36.5% 5.1% -17.2% -23.2% -19.8% -21.8% -19.9%
Total
10,770 26.6 21,300 41.8 141,436 268.2 173,506 336.7 33.8
10,626 27.1 20,956 39.6 139,274 254.6 170,856 321.3 33.3
1.4% -1.7% 1.6% 5.6% 1.6% 5.4% 1.6% 4.8% 1.4%
Number of pupils as a % of all pupils
23.2 27.4 36.4 33.8
22.9 27.1 35.8 33.3
1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4%
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Table 8c. Changes to contributions to fees: day and boarding schools (termly values)
For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees
by type of contribution.

Schools with Schools

boarders with boarders Day schools Day schools Total
(pupils) (value £m) (pupils) (value £m) Total (pupils) (value £m) % of all pupils
The school
77,638 177.0 72,610 109.2 150,248 286.2 28.4
75,146 170.2 71,741 101.8 146,887 272.0 27.8
3.3% 4.0% 1.2% 7.3% 2.3% 5.2% 2.2%
The school: means-tested bursaries
21,621 78.4 19,225 55.1 40,846 133.5 7.7
21,273 73.9 19,010 51.7 40,283 125.6 7.6
1.6% 6.1% 1.1% 6.5% 1.4% 6.3% 1.3%
The school: eligible families1
33,387 52.1 35,449 30.4 68,836 82.6 13.0
31,553 49.9 34,597 27.9 66,150 77.9 12.5
5.8% 4.4% 2.5% 9.0% 4.1% 6.0% 3.9%
The school: scholarships: non-means-tested
34,029 41.7 23,788 21.8 57,817 63.4 10.9
33,799 41.3 23,434 20.5 57,233 61.8 10.8
0.7% 0.8% 1.5% 6.3% 1.0% 2.6% 0.9%
The school: scholarships: means-tested
1,698 4.7 1,253 1.8 2,951 6.4 0.6
1,661 4.9 904 1.6 2,565 6.6 0.5
2.2% -5.4% 38.6% 9.2% 15.0% -1.8% 14.9%
The school: iTrust
68 0.10 91 0.15 159 0.25 0.03
31 0.10 17 0.02 48 0.13 0.01
119.4% -0.8% 435.3% 510.1% 231.3% 99.8% 230.8%
Early Years Funding
4,810 3.7 18,500 15.2 23,310 18.9 4.4
4,999 3.7 18,702 14.4 23,701 18.1 4.5
-3.8% 0.3% -1.1% 5.8% -1.6% 4.7% -1.8%
Local Education Authorities2
1,049 6.4 1,437 8.1 2,486 14.5 0.5
834 4.7 1,263 7.4 2,097 12.1 0.4
25.8% 36.6% 13.8% 9.8% 18.6% 20.2% 18.4%
Government Music and Dance Scheme
1,381 10.3 5 0.0 1,386 10.4 0.3
1,432 10.6 19 0.0 1,451 10.6 0.3
-3.6% -2.1% -73.7% -20.8% -4.5% -2.1% -4.6%
All other sources
1,366 4.4 1,088 2.3 2,454 6.7 0.5
1,946 6.2 1,115 2.4 3,061 8.6 0.6
-29.8% -28.4% -2.4% -4.9% -19.8% -21.8% -19.9%
Total
83,646 201.9 89,860 134.8 173,506 336.7 33.8
82,012 195.4 88,844 125.9 170,856 321.3 33.3
2.0% 3.3% 1.1% 7.1% 1.6% 4.8% 1.4%
Number of pupils as a % of all pupils
40.4 29.3 33.8
39.8 29.0 33.3
1.5% 1.2% 1.4%
1
Includes HM Forces discounts, staff discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.
2
Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Schools
Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: with Day
Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 234 132 60 28 20 378 418 8 426
238 117 46 18 26 357 396 5 401
Table 9. Changes to -1.7% 12.8% 30.4% 55.6% -23.1% 5.9% 5.6% 60.0% 6.2%
Germany 994 885 17 39 98 1,759 1,889 7 1,896
non-British pupils whose
1,023 777 8 48 81 1,679 1,799 9 1,808
parents live overseas -2.8% 13.9% 112.5% -18.8% 21.0% 4.8% 5.0% -22.2% 4.9%
Russia 1,009 421 97 67 85 1,375 1,493 34 1,527
For ISC schools that 1,145 453 96 63 112 1,519 1,680 14 1,694
participated in the Census -11.9% -7.1% 1.0% 6.3% -24.1% -9.5% -11.1% 142.9% -9.9%
Spain 593 492 338 87 154 1,182 1,413 10 1,423
in both 2018 and 2019, this 569 477 356 93 168 1,141 1,393 9 1,402
4.2% 3.1% -5.1% -6.5% -8.3% 3.6% 1.4% 11.1% 1.5%
table shows the number of
Ireland 30 44 5 7 4 68 78 1 79
non-British pupils whose 31 49 7 6 12 69 84 3 87
-3.2% -10.2% -28.6% 16.7% -66.7% -1.4% -7.1% -66.7% -9.2%
parents live overseas Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,530 685 93 62 133 2,113 2,248 60 2,308
broken down by country/ 1,460 686 65 59 134 2,018 2,177 34 2,211
4.8% -0.1% 43.1% 5.1% -0.7% 4.7% 3.3% 76.5% 4.4%
area of residence. Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 758 272 23 39 55 959 1,018 35 1,053
737 282 25 28 52 964 1,021 23 1,044
2.8% -3.5% -8.0% 39.3% 5.8% -0.5% -0.3% 52.2% 0.9%
Nigeria 577 255 79 46 176 689 884 27 911
585 240 80 29 200 676 891 14 905
-1.4% 6.3% -1.3% 58.6% -12.0% 1.9% -0.8% 92.9% 0.7%
Rest of Africa 437 170 23 25 42 563 611 19 630
373 147 21 18 61 462 524 17 541
17.2% 15.6% 9.5% 38.9% -31.1% 21.9% 16.6% 11.8% 16.5%
USA 191 114 32 23 39 275 318 19 337
196 141 14 30 31 290 307 44 351
-2.6% -19.1% 128.6% -23.3% 25.8% -5.2% 3.6% -56.8% -4.0%
Rest of North America 72 20 9 2 4 95 97 4 101
67 42 0 7 10 92 108 1 109
7.5% -52.4% -71.4% -60.0% 3.3% -10.2% 300.0% -7.3%
Central and South America 299 148 8 23 63 369 441 14 455
280 136 23 36 68 335 429 10 439
6.8% 8.8% -65.2% -36.1% -7.4% 10.1% 2.8% 40.0% 3.6%
Middle East 460 144 13 22 38 557 579 38 617
621 183 10 16 38 760 778 36 814
-25.9% -21.3% 30.0% 37.5% 0.0% -26.7% -25.6% 5.6% -24.2%
Hong Kong 2,797 2,086 120 428 818 3,757 4,956 47 5,003
2,667 2,114 117 375 798 3,725 4,835 63 4,898
4.9% -1.3% 2.6% 14.1% 2.5% 0.9% 2.5% -25.4% 2.1%
Mainland China 4,156 3,206 340 282 1,029 6,391 7,187 515 7,702
3,873 3,089 302 248 904 6,112 6,792 472 7,264
7.3% 3.8% 12.6% 13.7% 13.8% 4.6% 5.8% 9.1% 6.0%
Taiwan 112 64 3 3 13 163 170 9 179
93 59 2 4 14 136 142 12 154
20.4% 8.5% 50.0% -25.0% -7.1% 19.9% 19.7% -25.0% 16.2%
Japan 280 112 45 31 33 373 419 18 437
244 102 38 18 44 322 369 15 384
14.8% 9.8% 18.4% 72.2% -25.0% 15.8% 13.6% 20.0% 13.8%
South Korea 322 146 17 35 46 404 457 28 485
276 148 29 29 35 389 422 31 453
16.7% -1.4% -41.4% 20.7% 31.4% 3.9% 8.3% -9.7% 7.1%
Malaysia 416 72 4 19 49 424 479 13 492
423 60 10 25 47 421 487 6 493
-1.7% 20.0% -60.0% -24.0% 4.3% 0.7% -1.6% 116.7% -0.2%
Thailand 622 262 39 55 119 749 917 6 923
605 216 38 43 130 686 856 3 859
2.8% 21.3% 2.6% 27.9% -8.5% 9.2% 7.1% 100.0% 7.5%
India 147 81 12 13 26 201 224 16 240
153 77 5 12 20 203 226 9 235
-3.9% 5.2% 140.0% 8.3% 30.0% -1.0% -0.9% 77.8% 2.1%
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 70 20 1 3 8 80 81 10 91
54 32 1 2 9 76 76 11 87
29.6% -37.5% 0.0% 50.0% -11.1% 5.3% 6.6% -9.1% 4.6%
Central Asia 308 82 8 8 13 377 381 17 398
336 78 11 6 12 407 404 21 425
-8.3% 5.1% -27.3% 33.3% 8.3% -7.4% -5.7% -19.0% -6.4%
Remainder of Far East 834 193 11 33 55 950 1,005 33 1,038
801 177 16 15 55 924 968 26 994
4.1% 9.0% -31.3% 120.0% 0.0% 2.8% 3.8% 26.9% 4.4%
Oceania 78 25 7 7 10 93 104 6 110
77 44 3 8 20 96 116 8 124
1.3% -43.2% 133.3% -12.5% -50.0% -3.1% -10.3% -25.0% -11.3%
Total 17,326 10,131 1,404 1,387 3,130 24,344 27,867 994 28,861
16,927 9,926 1,323 1,236 3,081 23,859 27,280 896 28,176
2.4% 2.1% 6.1% 12.2% 1.6% 2.0% 2.2% 10.9% 2.4%
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Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day
Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 111 64 37 7 9 196 207 5 212
103 61 36 4 12 184 197 3 200
7.8% 4.9% 2.8% 75.0% -25.0% 6.5% 5.1% 66.7% 6.0%
Germany 591 582 8 19 68 1,094 1,176 5 1,181
581 468 2 27 56 968 1,046 5 1,051
1.7% 24.4% 300.0% -29.6% 21.4% 13.0% 12.4% 0.0% 12.4%
Table 10. Changes to new Russia 369 143 34 13 19 514 533 13 546
364 136 31 13 18 500 527 4 531
non-British pupils whose 1.4% 5.1% 9.7% 0.0% 5.6% 2.8% 1.1% 225.0% 2.8%
parents live overseas Spain 331 327 270 55 103 770 920 8 928
346 343 292 67 128 786 973 8 981
For ISC schools that participated
-4.3% -4.7% -7.5% -17.9% -19.5% -2.0% -5.4% 0.0% -5.4%
in the Census in both 2018 Ireland 14 8 1 3 0 20 22 1 23
9 19 2 1 4 25 28 2 30
and 2019, this table shows the 55.6% -57.9% -50.0% 200.0% -100.0% -20.0% -21.4% -50.0% -23.3%
number of new non-British Remainder of Europe (EEA) 658 324 39 26 63 932 992 29 1,021
613 287 23 17 53 853 898 25 923
pupils whose parents live 7.3% 12.9% 69.6% 52.9% 18.9% 9.3% 10.5% 16.0% 10.6%
overseas broken down by Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 337 92 10 7 19 413 419 20 439
329 103 11 4 17 422 424 19 443
country/area of residence. 2.4% -10.7% -9.1% 75.0% 11.8% -2.1% -1.2% 5.3% -0.9%
Nigeria 243 82 18 13 43 287 335 8 343
199 73 28 9 52 239 296 4 300
22.1% 12.3% -35.7% 44.4% -17.3% 20.1% 13.2% 100.0% 14.3%
Rest of Africa 211 70 9 4 19 267 283 7 290
177 51 8 6 23 207 227 9 236
19.2% 37.3% 12.5% -33.3% -17.4% 29.0% 24.7% -22.2% 22.9%
USA 83 50 14 9 18 120 144 3 147
88 53 5 8 10 128 127 19 146
-5.7% -5.7% 180.0% 12.5% 80.0% -6.3% 13.4% -84.2% 0.7%
Rest of North America 27 8 5 0 2 38 40 0 40
34 20 0 1 4 49 54 0 54
-20.6% -60.0% -100.0% -50.0% -22.4% -25.9% -25.9%
Central and South America 174 111 6 15 53 223 283 8 291
197 104 17 28 57 233 311 7 318
-11.7% 6.7% -64.7% -46.4% -7.0% -4.3% -9.0% 14.3% -8.5%
Middle East 239 39 5 9 10 264 266 17 283
352 84 6 4 10 428 419 23 442
-32.1% -53.6% -16.7% 125.0% 0.0% -38.3% -36.5% -26.1% -36.0%
Hong Kong 982 646 48 141 230 1,305 1,653 23 1,676
1,025 670 61 113 233 1,410 1,719 37 1,756
-4.2% -3.6% -21.3% 24.8% -1.3% -7.4% -3.8% -37.8% -4.6%
Mainland China 1,878 1,237 163 93 370 2,815 3,054 224 3,278
1,748 1,330 131 98 330 2,781 2,998 211 3,209
7.4% -7.0% 24.4% -5.1% 12.1% 1.2% 1.9% 6.2% 2.2%
Taiwan 56 17 2 0 3 72 73 2 75
55 21 2 0 3 75 69 9 78
1.8% -19.0% 0.0% 0.0% -4.0% 5.8% -77.8% -3.8%
Japan 92 45 15 13 10 129 152 0 152
109 34 9 3 19 130 143 9 152
-15.6% 32.4% 66.7% 333.3% -47.4% -0.8% 6.3% -100.0% 0.0%
South Korea 132 56 4 7 15 170 188 4 192
131 54 9 10 6 178 179 15 194
0.8% 3.7% -55.6% -30.0% 150.0% -4.5% 5.0% -73.3% -1.0%
Malaysia 198 30 1 9 22 198 222 7 229
198 25 4 7 9 211 223 4 227
0.0% 20.0% -75.0% 28.6% 144.4% -6.2% -0.4% 75.0% 0.9%
Thailand 229 97 14 10 26 304 335 5 340
240 66 21 10 29 288 326 1 327
-4.6% 47.0% -33.3% 0.0% -10.3% 5.6% 2.8% 400.0% 4.0%
India 55 29 7 3 10 78 84 7 91
60 31 0 3 11 77 85 6 91
-8.3% -6.5% 0.0% -9.1% 1.3% -1.2% 16.7% 0.0%
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 44 7 0 1 4 46 48 3 51
31 6 1 1 3 34 37 1 38
41.9% 16.7% -100.0% 0.0% 33.3% 35.3% 29.7% 200.0% 34.2%
Central Asia 157 47 2 2 9 195 199 7 206
146 28 5 4 7 168 168 11 179
7.5% 67.9% -60.0% -50.0% 28.6% 16.1% 18.5% -36.4% 15.1%
Remainder of Far East 439 79 6 12 22 490 511 13 524
420 57 11 6 21 461 475 13 488
4.5% 38.6% -45.5% 100.0% 4.8% 6.3% 7.6% 0.0% 7.4%
Oceania 29 10 4 4 8 31 41 2 43
34 24 0 2 13 43 51 7 58
-14.7% -58.3% 100.0% -38.5% -27.9% -19.6% -71.4% -25.9%
Total 7,679 4,200 722 475 1,155 10,971 12,180 421 12,601
7,589 4,148 715 446 1,128 10,878 12,000 452 12,452
1.2% 1.3% 1.0% 6.5% 2.4% 0.9% 1.5% -6.9% 1.2%
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Table 11. Changes to British pupils with parents living overseas

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019, this table shows the number of British pupils whose parents
live overseas and the number of British pupils whose parents serve in HM Forces and those who are new to their school this year.
Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day
British pupils whose parents: Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Live abroad 3,327 1,132 451 464 584 3,862 4,761 149 4,910
3,292 1,099 300 377 541 3,773 4,454 237 4,691
1.1% 3.0% 50.3% 23.1% 7.9% 2.4% 6.9% -37.1% 4.7%
Serve in HM Forces 1,403 1,691 1,390 205 428 3,851 3,954 530 4,484
1,312 1,579 1,325 122 341 3,753 3,778 438 4,216
6.9% 7.1% 4.9% 68.0% 25.5% 2.6% 4.7% 21.0% 6.4%
New British pupils whose parents:
Live abroad 981 321 149 128 157 1,166 1,403 48 1,451
974 320 107 117 127 1,157 1,303 98 1,401
0.7% 0.3% 39.3% 9.4% 23.6% 0.8% 7.7% -51.0% 3.6%
Serve in HM Forces 225 305 271 43 67 691 712 89 801
265 304 275 28 50 766 772 72 844
-15.1% 0.3% -1.5% 53.6% 34.0% -9.8% -7.8% 23.6% -5.1%

Table 12. Changes to teacher numbers1

This table shows the number of teachers in ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019.
Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with
Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
Men 7,703 9,216 3,979 3,093 1,819 15,986 11,291 9,607 20,898
7,669 9,157 3,980 3,097 1,722 15,987 11,268 9,538 20,806
0.4% 0.6% -0.0% -0.1% 5.6% -0.0% 0.2% 0.7% 0.4%
Women 6,483 13,721 8,596 1,999 5,600 21,201 11,829 16,971 28,800
6,412 13,609 8,720 1,972 5,704 21,065 11,710 17,031 28,741
1.1% 0.8% -1.4% 1.4% -1.8% 0.6% 1.0% -0.4% 0.2%
Total 14,186 22,937 12,575 5,092 7,419 37,187 23,120 26,578 49,698
14,081 22,766 12,700 5,069 7,426 37,052 22,978 26,569 49,547
0.7% 0.8% -1.0% 0.5% -0.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3%
Part-time
Men 1,084 1,353 495 277 364 2,291 1,498 1,434 2,932
1,030 1,267 490 271 335 2,181 1,432 1,355 2,787
5.2% 6.8% 1.0% 2.2% 8.7% 5.0% 4.6% 5.8% 5.2%
Women 3,169 6,857 3,726 798 3,063 9,891 5,763 7,989 13,752
3,026 6,700 3,786 730 2,932 9,850 5,646 7,866 13,512
4.7% 2.3% -1.6% 9.3% 4.5% 0.4% 2.1% 1.6% 1.8%
Total 4,253 8,210 4,221 1,075 3,427 12,182 7,261 9,423 16,684
4,056 7,967 4,276 1,001 3,267 12,031 7,078 9,221 16,299
4.9% 3.1% -1.3% 7.4% 4.9% 1.3% 2.6% 2.2% 2.4%
Part-time (hours)
Men 17,182 23,571 8,365 4,889 6,201 38,027 24,328 24,790 49,118
15,569 21,584 8,233 4,664 5,681 35,042 22,482 22,904 45,386
10.4% 9.2% 1.6% 4.8% 9.2% 8.5% 8.2% 8.2% 8.2%
Women 54,115 126,676 70,858 15,185 54,751 181,713 102,362 149,287 251,649
50,426 123,177 69,109 13,404 51,421 177,888 98,681 144,032 242,713
7.3% 2.8% 2.5% 13.3% 6.5% 2.1% 3.7% 3.6% 3.7%
Total 71,297 150,247 79,222 20,075 60,952 219,740 126,690 174,077 300,767
65,995 144,762 77,342 18,067 57,102 212,930 121,163 166,936 288,099
8.0% 3.8% 2.4% 11.1% 6.7% 3.2% 4.6% 4.3% 4.4%
Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)
Men 8,232 9,941 4,236 3,243 2,010 17,156 12,040 10,370 22,409
8,148 9,821 4,233 3,241 1,897 17,065 11,960 10,243 22,202
1.0% 1.2% 0.1% 0.1% 6.0% 0.5% 0.7% 1.2% 0.9%
Women 8,148 17,619 10,776 2,466 7,285 26,792 14,979 21,564 36,543
7,964 17,399 10,846 2,384 7,286 26,538 14,746 21,463 36,209
2.3% 1.3% -0.6% 3.4% -0.0% 1.0% 1.6% 0.5% 0.9%
Total 16,380 27,560 15,013 5,710 9,294 43,948 27,018 31,934 58,952
16,112 27,220 15,080 5,625 9,183 43,604 26,706 31,705 58,412
1.7% 1.2% -0.4% 1.5% 1.2% 0.8% 1.2% 0.7% 0.9%
1
Nursery teachers are not included.
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Table 13. Changes to teaching assistant numbers1

This table shows the number of teaching assistants in ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2018 and 2019.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders Day schools Total
Men 122 260 388 98 24 648 272 498 770
116 321 369 87 27 692 260 546 806
5.2% -19.0% 5.1% 12.6% -11.1% -6.4% 4.6% -8.8% -4.5%
Women 218 1,930 3,316 393 596 4,475 1,412 4,052 5,464
190 1,952 3,245 374 607 4,406 1,338 4,049 5,387
14.7% -1.1% 2.2% 5.1% -1.8% 1.6% 5.5% 0.1% 1.4%
Total 340 2,190 3,704 491 620 5,123 1,684 4,550 6,234
306 2,273 3,614 461 634 5,098 1,598 4,595 6,193
11.1% -3.7% 2.5% 6.5% -2.2% 0.5% 5.4% -1.0% 0.7%
Part-time
Men 41 113 101 33 14 208 68 187 255
54 138 102 30 13 251 90 204 294
-24.1% -18.1% -1.0% 10.0% 7.7% -17.1% -24.4% -8.3% -13.3%
Women 271 1,771 2,234 236 488 3,552 1,313 2,963 4,276
261 1,756 2,430 241 504 3,702 1,343 3,104 4,447
3.8% 0.9% -8.1% -2.1% -3.2% -4.1% -2.2% -4.5% -3.8%
Total 312 1,884 2,335 269 502 3,760 1,381 3,150 4,531
315 1,894 2,532 271 517 3,953 1,433 3,308 4,741
-1.0% -0.5% -7.8% -0.7% -2.9% -4.9% -3.6% -4.8% -4.4%
Part-time hours
Men 560 1,937 1,816 611 221 3,481 1,226 3,087 4,313
765 2,359 1,899 645 169 4,209 1,511 3,512 5,023
-26.8% -17.9% -4.4% -5.2% 30.4% -17.3% -18.8% -12.1% -14.1%
Women 4,314 35,896 46,155 4,492 10,581 71,291 26,130 60,234 86,364
3,976 35,572 48,353 4,308 10,151 73,441 25,407 62,493 87,900
8.5% 0.9% -4.5% 4.3% 4.2% -2.9% 2.8% -3.6% -1.7%
Total 4,874 37,833 47,971 5,104 10,802 74,772 27,357 63,321 90,678
4,741 37,930 50,252 4,953 10,320 77,650 26,918 66,005 92,923
2.8% -0.3% -4.5% 3.0% 4.7% -3.7% 1.6% -4.1% -2.4%
Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)
Men 139 320 444 117 31 755 310 593 903
140 394 427 107 32 822 306 654 961
-0.2% -18.8% 3.8% 9.3% -4.4% -8.1% 1.1% -9.3% -6.0%
Women 351 3,034 4,736 531 922 6,669 2,216 5,905 8,121
312 3,047 4,733 507 919 6,666 2,120 5,972 8,092
12.3% -0.4% 0.1% 4.9% 0.2% 0.0% 4.5% -1.1% 0.4%
Total 490 3,354 5,180 648 952 7,424 2,526 6,498 9,024
452 3,440 5,160 613 952 7,487 2,426 6,626 9,052
8.4% -2.5% 0.4% 5.6% 0.1% -0.8% 4.1% -1.9% -0.3%
1
Nursery staff are not included.
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Table 14. Changes to pupil-teacher ratios

This table shows the pupil and teacher gender ratios along with pupil-teacher ratio in ISC schools that participated in the Census
in both 2018 and 2019.

Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
Boys 68,686 113,761 86,344 50,535 351 217,905 114,289 154,502 268,791
68,273 113,307 87,247 50,481 395 217,951 114,082 154,745 268,827
0.6% 0.4% -1.0% 0.1% -11.1% -0.0% 0.2% -0.2% -0.0%
Girls 56,674 135,834 67,024 160 79,693 179,679 97,686 161,846 259,532
55,945 135,281 67,562 176 79,486 179,126 96,983 161,805 258,788
1.3% 0.4% -0.8% -9.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
Total 125,360 249,595 153,368 50,695 80,044 397,584 211,975 316,348 528,323
124,218 248,588 154,809 50,657 79,881 397,077 211,065 316,550 527,615
0.9% 0.4% -0.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% -0.1% 0.1%
Ratios

Pupil-teacher1 7.7:1 8.7:1 9.0:1 8.7:1 8.4:1 8.5:1 7.6:1 9.2:1 8.5:1
7.7:1 8.8:1 9.1:1 8.8:1 8.5:1 8.5:1 7.7:1 9.3:1 8.6:1
-0.7% -0.7% -0.8% -1.4% -0.9% -0.7% -0.7% -0.8% -0.8%
Boys:girls (pupils) 1.2:1 0.8:1 1.3:1 315.8:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1
1.2:1 0.8:1 1.3:1 286.8:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1
-0.7% -0.0% -0.2% 10.1% -11.4% -0.3% -0.5% -0.2% -0.3%
Men:women (teachers)2 1.0:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.3:1 0.3:1 0.6:1 0.8:1 0.5:1 0.6:1
1.0:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.4:1 0.3:1 0.6:1 0.8:1 0.5:1 0.6:1
-1.3% -0.0% 0.7% -3.2% 6.0% -0.4% -0.9% 0.8% 0.0%
Men:women (teaching assistants)2 0.4:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.0:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1
0.4:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.0:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.1:1
-11.1% -18.5% 3.8% 4.2% -4.6% -8.1% -3.3% -8.3% -6.4%
1
Pupil-teacher ratio excludes nursery teachers and nursery pupils.
2
Excludes nursery staff.
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Mixed- Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Table 15. Changes to Arriving from Senior age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
full-time teachers Independent schools 851 886 628 245 441 1,679 1,199 1,166 2,365
778 856 623 256 398 1,603 1,054 1,203 2,257
This table shows the 9.4% 3.5% 0.8% -4.3% 10.8% 4.7% 13.8% -3.1% 4.8%
number of full-time State-funded schools 640 1,266 597 172 417 1,914 998 1,505 2,503
633 1,276 676 186 453 1,946 1,060 1,525 2,585
teaching staff coming 1.1% -0.8% -11.7% -7.5% -7.9% -1.6% -5.8% -1.3% -3.2%
into ISC schools (broken ITT at university or 144 192 47 23 57 303 187 196 383
training college 126 160 64 32 72 246 162 188 350
down by previous
14.3% 20.0% -26.6% -28.1% -20.8% 23.2% 15.4% 4.3% 9.4%
occupation) and leaving New graduates 134 137 84 49 41 265 193 162 355
135 160 95 36 41 313 196 194 390
schools (broken down by
-0.7% -14.4% -11.6% 36.1% 0.0% -15.3% -1.5% -16.5% -9.0%
destination). This table Industry 89 99 33 41 34 146 132 89 221
78 102 58 28 40 170 108 130 238
comprises those schools
14.1% -2.9% -43.1% 46.4% -15.0% -14.1% 22.2% -31.5% -7.1%
that participated in the Outside the UK 137 165 130 44 53 335 213 219 432
105 215 128 50 70 328 216 232 448
Census in both 2018
30.5% -23.3% 1.6% -12.0% -24.3% 2.1% -1.4% -5.6% -3.6%
and 2019. Other 397 808 388 136 301 1,156 695 898 1,593
422 769 380 90 275 1,206 617 954 1,571
-5.9% 5.1% 2.1% 51.1% 9.5% -4.1% 12.6% -5.9% 1.4%
Total 2,392 3,553 1,907 710 1,344 5,798 3,617 4,235 7,852
2,277 3,538 2,024 678 1,349 5,812 3,413 4,426 7,839
5.1% 0.4% -5.8% 4.7% -0.4% -0.2% 6.0% -4.3% 0.2%
Going to
Independent schools 657 633 500 199 312 1,279 908 882 1,790
615 700 454 191 292 1,286 867 902 1,769
6.8% -9.6% 10.1% 4.2% 6.8% -0.5% 4.7% -2.2% 1.2%
State-funded schools 202 405 157 54 115 595 346 418 764
163 387 167 40 110 567 287 430 717
23.9% 4.7% -6.0% 35.0% 4.5% 4.9% 20.6% -2.8% 6.6%
Industry 89 111 72 40 35 197 124 148 272
64 110 42 25 40 151 81 135 216
39.1% 0.9% 71.4% 60.0% -12.5% 30.5% 53.1% 9.6% 25.9%
Outside the UK 147 219 144 56 69 385 218 292 510
117 195 121 50 70 313 185 248 433
25.6% 12.3% 19.0% 12.0% -1.4% 23.0% 17.8% 17.7% 17.8%
Other (incl. retirement) 1,174 1,947 1,154 342 777 3,156 1,873 2,402 4,275
1,275 2,046 1,170 340 853 3,298 2,014 2,477 4,491
-7.9% -4.8% -1.4% 0.6% -8.9% -4.3% -7.0% -3.0% -4.8%
Total 2,269 3,315 2,027 691 1,308 5,612 3,469 4,142 7,611
2,234 3,438 1,954 646 1,365 5,615 3,434 4,192 7,626
1.6% -3.6% 3.7% 7.0% -4.2% -0.1% 1.0% -1.2% -0.2%
Net gain
Independent schools 194 253 128 46 129 400 291 284 575
163 156 169 65 106 317 187 301 488
19.0% 62.2% -24.3% -29.2% 21.7% 26.2% 55.6% -5.6% 17.8%
State-funded schools 438 861 440 118 302 1,319 652 1,087 1,739
470 889 509 146 343 1,379 773 1,095 1,868
-6.8% -3.1% -13.6% -19.2% -12.0% -4.4% -15.7% -0.7% -6.9%
Industry 0 -12 -39 1 -1 -51 8 -59 -51
14 -8 16 3 0 19 27 -5 22
50.0% -343.8% -66.7% -368.4% -70.4% 1080.0% -331.8%
Outside the UK -10 -54 -14 -12 -16 -50 -5 -73 -78
-12 20 7 0 0 15 31 -16 15
-16.7% -370.0% -300.0% -433.3% -116.1% 356.3% -620.0%
Other -777 -1,139 -766 -206 -476 -2,000 -1,178 -1,504 -2,682
-853 -1,277 -790 -250 -578 -2,092 -1,397 -1,523 -2,920
-8.9% -10.8% -3.0% -17.6% -17.6% -4.4% -15.7% -1.2% -8.2%
Total 123 238 -120 19 36 186 148 93 241
43 100 70 32 -16 197 -21 234 213
186.0% 138.0% -271.4% -40.6% -325.0% -5.6% -804.8% -60.3% 13.1%
Full-time teachers
Turnover as % of full-time 16.0 14.5 16.1 13.6 17.6 15.1 15.0 15.6 15.3
teachers 15.9 15.1 15.4 12.7 18.4 15.2 14.9 15.8 15.4
0.8% -4.3% 4.8% 6.5% -4.1% -0.4% 0.4% -1.2% -0.5%
Gain as % of full-time 0.9 1.0 -1.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.5
teachers 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 -0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.4
183.9% 136.2% -273.1% -40.9% -325.2% -5.9% -800.4% -60.3% 12.8%
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Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools with Day

Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed boarders schools Total
France 130 169 147 54 82 310 186 260 446
120 175 104 46 76 277 156 243 399
8.3% -3.4% 41.3% 17.4% 7.9% 11.9% 19.2% 7.0% 11.8%
Germany 76 147 80 33 50 220 146 157 303
Table 16. Changes to 95 144 76 34 43 238 151 164 315
new non-British pupils -20.0% 2.1% 5.3% -2.9% 16.3% -7.6% -3.3% -4.3% -3.8%
Russia 74 74 69 24 26 167 117 100 217
whose parents live in 96 74 99 37 38 194 127 142 269

the UK -22.9% 0.0% -30.3% -35.1% -31.6% -13.9% -7.9% -29.6% -19.3%
Spain 74 88 89 35 49 167 96 155 251
For ISC schools that 71 110 83 36 49 179 100 164 264
4.2% -20.0% 7.2% -2.8% 0.0% -6.7% -4.0% -5.5% -4.9%
participated in the Ireland 96 116 55 34 45 188 106 161 267
Census in both 2018 and 112 87 41 26 41 173 122 118 240
-14.3% 33.3% 34.1% 30.8% 9.8% 8.7% -13.1% 36.4% 11.3%
2019, this table shows Remainder of Europe (EEA) 364 568 406 167 203 968 546 792 1,338
358 453 403 150 173 891 466 748 1,214
the number of new
1.7% 25.4% 0.7% 11.3% 17.3% 8.6% 17.2% 5.9% 10.2%
non-British pupils whose Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 57 59 62 29 24 125 87 91 178
97 79 44 17 23 180 120 100 220
parents live in the UK -41.2% -25.3% 40.9% 70.6% 4.3% -30.6% -27.5% -9.0% -19.1%
broken down by country/ Nigeria 43 53 17 10 27 76 72 41 113
30 32 37 9 19 71 56 43 99
area of nationality. 43.3% 65.6% -54.1% 11.1% 42.1% 7.0% 28.6% -4.7% 14.1%
Rest of Africa 59 89 69 13 31 173 102 115 217
46 71 61 15 18 145 93 85 178
28.3% 25.4% 13.1% -13.3% 72.2% 19.3% 9.7% 35.3% 21.9%
USA 157 490 298 83 99 763 485 460 945
161 452 335 58 108 782 433 515 948
-2.5% 8.4% -11.0% 43.1% -8.3% -2.4% 12.0% -10.7% -0.3%
Rest of North America 27 54 45 10 14 102 37 89 126
21 32 45 11 10 77 48 50 98
28.6% 68.8% 0.0% -9.1% 40.0% 32.5% -22.9% 78.0% 28.6%
Central and South America 29 52 42 5 10 108 36 87 123
27 54 30 11 9 91 48 63 111
7.4% -3.7% 40.0% -54.5% 11.1% 18.7% -25.0% 38.1% 10.8%
Middle East 45 64 65 6 23 145 45 129 174
42 92 69 7 30 166 54 149 203
7.1% -30.4% -5.8% -14.3% -23.3% -12.7% -16.7% -13.4% -14.3%
Hong Kong 18 35 8 2 9 50 43 18 61
46 27 17 11 6 73 76 14 90
-60.9% 29.6% -52.9% -81.8% 50.0% -31.5% -43.4% 28.6% -32.2%
Mainland China 139 265 200 75 129 400 313 291 604
137 260 164 53 104 404 276 285 561
1.5% 1.9% 22.0% 41.5% 24.0% -1.0% 13.4% 2.1% 7.7%
Taiwan 2 4 3 1 0 8 4 5 9
3 8 2 0 7 6 3 10 13
-33.3% -50.0% 50.0% -100.0% 33.3% 33.3% -50.0% -30.8%
Japan 25 63 82 16 44 110 48 122 170
32 76 100 10 48 150 58 150 208
-21.9% -17.1% -18.0% 60.0% -8.3% -26.7% -17.2% -18.7% -18.3%
South Korea 21 48 45 14 21 79 42 72 114
22 46 38 9 25 72 30 76 106
-4.5% 4.3% 18.4% 55.6% -16.0% 9.7% 40.0% -5.3% 7.5%
Malaysia 8 25 13 3 9 34 15 31 46
13 17 11 5 11 25 15 26 41
-38.5% 47.1% 18.2% -40.0% -18.2% 36.0% 0.0% 19.2% 12.2%
Thailand 6 9 1 0 3 13 10 6 16
9 6 3 3 3 12 15 3 18
-33.3% 50.0% -66.7% -100.0% 0.0% 8.3% -33.3% 100.0% -11.1%
India 35 105 72 27 47 138 62 150 212
30 129 86 37 50 158 63 182 245
16.7% -18.6% -16.3% -27.0% -6.0% -12.7% -1.6% -17.6% -13.5%
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 10 51 19 9 18 53 19 61 80
13 52 17 11 10 61 27 55 82
-23.1% -1.9% 11.8% -18.2% 80.0% -13.1% -29.6% 10.9% -2.4%
Central Asia 17 15 14 3 6 37 29 17 46
19 29 13 10 5 46 42 19 61
-10.5% -48.3% 7.7% -70.0% 20.0% -19.6% -31.0% -10.5% -24.6%
Remainder of Far East 19 32 23 3 19 52 43 31 74
34 29 21 7 14 63 39 45 84
-44.1% 10.3% 9.5% -57.1% 35.7% -17.5% 10.3% -31.1% -11.9%
Oceania 44 74 87 13 28 164 87 118 205
50 101 80 25 29 177 91 140 231
-12.0% -26.7% 8.8% -48.0% -3.4% -7.3% -4.4% -15.7% -11.3%
Total 1,575 2,749 2,011 669 1,016 4,650 2,776 3,559 6,335
1,684 2,635 1,979 638 949 4,711 2,709 3,589 6,298
-6.5% 4.3% 1.6% 4.9% 7.1% -1.3% 2.5% -0.8% 0.6%
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Single-sex: Single-sex: Schools

Senior Mixed-age Junior boys’ girls’ Co-ed with boarders Day schools Total
France 445 732 578 250 345 1,160 650 1,105 1,755
434 655 576 233 307 1,125 621 1,044 1,665
2.5% 11.8% 0.3% 7.3% 12.4% 3.1% 4.7% 5.8% 5.4%
Germany 302 591 375 151 257 860 513 755 1,268
Table 17. Changes 296 566 363 140 230 855 497 728 1,225
to non-British pupils 2.0% 4.4% 3.3% 7.9% 11.7% 0.6% 3.2% 3.7% 3.5%
Russia 264 333 419 134 154 728 496 520 1,016
whose parents live 289 338 480 140 190 777 540 567 1,107
-8.7% -1.5% -12.7% -4.3% -18.9% -6.3% -8.1% -8.3% -8.2%
in the UK Spain 246 424 381 132 226 693 359 692 1,051
For ISC schools that 228 391 352 118 184 669 313 658 971
7.9% 8.4% 8.2% 11.9% 22.8% 3.6% 14.7% 5.2% 8.2%
participated in the Ireland 408 734 291 186 257 990 543 890 1,433
Census in both 2018 404 568 310 163 259 860 546 736 1,282
1.0% 29.2% -6.1% 14.1% -0.8% 15.1% -0.5% 20.9% 11.8%
and 2019, this table Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,471 2,593 1,745 662 995 4,152 2,246 3,563 5,809
1,203 2,377 1,653 560 840 3,833 2,064 3,169 5,233
shows the number of
22.3% 9.1% 5.6% 18.2% 18.5% 8.3% 8.8% 12.4% 11.0%
non-British pupils Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 170 328 234 82 118 532 301 431 732
329 264 236 58 107 664 319 510 829
whose parents live -48.3% 24.2% -0.8% 41.4% 10.3% -19.9% -5.6% -15.5% -11.7%
in the UK broken Nigeria 151 251 90 40 114 338 292 200 492
146 182 128 37 97 322 267 189 456
down by country/area 3.4% 37.9% -29.7% 8.1% 17.5% 5.0% 9.4% 5.8% 7.9%
Rest of Africa 206 355 286 64 144 639 376 471 847
of nationality. 187 405 248 73 141 626 403 437 840
10.2% -12.3% 15.3% -12.3% 2.1% 2.1% -6.7% 7.8% 0.8%
USA 556 1,846 1,053 329 464 2,662 1,671 1,784 3,455
558 1,875 1,173 321 467 2,818 1,614 1,992 3,606
-0.4% -1.5% -10.2% 2.5% -0.6% -5.5% 3.5% -10.4% -4.2%
Rest of North America 90 224 224 40 69 429 181 357 538
90 203 127 36 66 318 183 237 420
0.0% 10.3% 76.4% 11.1% 4.5% 34.9% -1.1% 50.6% 28.1%
Central and South America 77 208 125 31 41 338 151 259 410
87 224 117 36 52 340 169 259 428
-11.5% -7.1% 6.8% -13.9% -21.2% -0.6% -10.7% 0.0% -4.2%
Middle East 103 271 188 30 78 454 139 423 562
94 312 220 31 81 514 144 482 626
9.6% -13.1% -14.5% -3.2% -3.7% -11.7% -3.5% -12.2% -10.2%
Hong Kong 44 134 41 16 36 167 160 59 219
96 140 47 40 31 212 230 53 283
-54.2% -4.3% -12.8% -60.0% 16.1% -21.2% -30.4% 11.3% -22.6%
Mainland China 403 814 648 218 369 1,278 944 921 1,865
374 798 535 170 302 1,235 886 821 1,707
7.8% 2.0% 21.1% 28.2% 22.2% 3.5% 6.5% 12.2% 9.3%
Taiwan 5 17 6 2 4 22 14 14 28
5 24 9 1 15 22 16 22 38
0.0% -29.2% -33.3% 100.0% -73.3% 0.0% -12.5% -36.4% -26.3%
Japan 101 227 273 60 147 394 168 433 601
119 272 285 55 168 453 187 489 676
-15.1% -16.5% -4.2% 9.1% -12.5% -13.0% -10.2% -11.5% -11.1%
South Korea 80 178 126 45 96 243 127 257 384
83 181 111 38 91 246 127 248 375
-3.6% -1.7% 13.5% 18.4% 5.5% -1.2% 0.0% 3.6% 2.4%
Malaysia 40 81 52 24 34 115 71 102 173
39 66 56 18 32 111 64 97 161
2.6% 22.7% -7.1% 33.3% 6.3% 3.6% 10.9% 5.2% 7.5%
Thailand 17 32 10 2 10 47 41 18 59
26 29 8 9 9 45 51 12 63
-34.6% 10.3% 25.0% -77.8% 11.1% 4.4% -19.6% 50.0% -6.3%
India 160 591 432 153 313 717 259 924 1,183
131 672 438 140 294 807 298 943 1,241
22.1% -12.1% -1.4% 9.3% 6.5% -11.2% -13.1% -2.0% -4.7%
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 46 255 109 56 107 247 102 308 410
47 251 77 51 67 257 136 239 375
-2.1% 1.6% 41.6% 9.8% 59.7% -3.9% -25.0% 28.9% 9.3%
Central Asia 69 43 55 14 29 124 109 58 167
48 70 55 29 15 129 100 73 173
43.8% -38.6% 0.0% -51.7% 93.3% -3.9% 9.0% -20.5% -3.5%
Remainder of Far East 90 151 76 27 72 218 182 135 317
96 166 100 41 59 262 172 190 362
-6.3% -9.0% -24.0% -34.1% 22.0% -16.8% 5.8% -28.9% -12.4%
Oceania 171 385 320 84 150 642 348 528 876
181 443 342 93 170 703 361 605 966
-5.5% -13.1% -6.4% -9.7% -11.8% -8.7% -3.6% -12.7% -9.3%
Total 5,715 11,798 8,137 2,832 4,629 18,189 10,443 15,207 25,650
5,590 11,472 8,046 2,631 4,274 18,203 10,308 14,800 25,108
2.2% 2.8% 1.1% 7.6% 8.3% -0.1% 1.3% 2.8% 2.2%
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ISC Regions

Fig 1. ISC English Regions

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